Chi Wu
San, Red [Bean] & Centipede Powder
Herpes
Zoster Ointment – Clears heat and eliminates dampness, courses wind and resolves
toxins; for wind damp heat herpes zoster lesions.
Ingredients:
Vegetable Oil
Shortening
Beeswax
Fu Rong Hua (Flos Hibisci)
Chi Xiao Dou (Semen Phaseoli Calcarati)
Qing Dai (Pulvis Indigonis)
Ku Fan (Alumen)
Wu Gong (Scolopendra)
SOURCE FOR THIS FORMULA:
Wang Xin, Deyang Municipal Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Hospital, Deyang,
Sichuan, “The Treatment of 90 Cases of Herpes Zoster with Chinese Medicinals
Administered Internally & Applied Externally,” Si Chuan Zhong Yi (Sichuan
Chinese Medicine), issue #1,, 2008, p. 106
Method of administration:
Apply once every other day to the herpetic lesions and hold in place with an
adhesive plaster.
Treatment principles:
Clears heat and eliminates dampness, courses wind and resolves toxins
Indications:
Wind damp heat herpes zoster lesions