Hai Cang Dihuang Powder，*Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions*，Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.
Hai Cang Dihuang Powder
Formulas Name : Hai Cang Dihuang Powder
Chinese Name : 海藏地黄散
Drug Formulation
Rhubarb (roasted), prepared rehmannia root, scrophularia, sand garden tribulus,Saposhnikovia root, Eupatorium, Coptis (washed in wine, stir-fried), White Tribulus (thorns removed with a pestle), Rhinoceros horn (ground into powder) (when used in decoctions, may be substituted with 30 g of water buffalo horn powder), Raw Rehmannia root, Cicada exoskeleton (head and legs removed), Equisetum, Licorice (reduced by half), Sichuan Notopterygium, Akebia, and Angelica root—each in equal parts.
Source
*Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions*
Benefits
Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.
Instructions for Use
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with soup made from boiled mutton liver.
Hai Cang Dihuang Powder,Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.