Wu Snake Anti-Itch Pill, a traditional Chinese medicine, is a heat-clearing agent with the functions of nourishing blood, dispelling wind, drying dampness, and relieving itching. It is mainly used for conditions such as papular urticaria and rheumatic itching caused by rheumatic heat accumulating in the skin.
【Composition】
Wu Snake (roasted with white wine), Fang Feng, She Chuang Zi, Huang Bai, Cang Zhu (soaked), Red Ginseng Beard, Moutan Bark, Snake Bile, Ku Shen, Artificial Ox Gallstone, Dang Gui.
【Preparation Method】
Take Fang Feng, Cang Zhu (704g), She Chuang Zi (1395g), Ku Shen (100g), and Moutan Bark (100g), add water and boil for 3 hours, filter, concentrate the filtrate into a thick paste. Take Huang Bai, Dang Gui, Red Ginseng Beard, Wu Snake, and the remaining Cang Zhu, Ku Shen, She Chuang Zi, Moutan Bark, crush them into fine powder, mix with the thick paste, dry, crush again, add Artificial Ox Gallstone and Snake Bile, sieve, mix well, form into pills with water, dry, coat, make 1000g, and it is ready.
【Identification】
Wu Snake Anti-Itch Pill is a black coated water pill, which appears brown after removing the coating. It has a fragrant smell and a bitter and pungent taste.
【Indications】
Papular urticaria and pruritus due to rheumatic heat accumulating in the skin, characterized by red skin lesions that appear and disappear, intense itching, or persistent itching, dry skin without primary rash; chronic urticaria and skin itching with the above symptoms.
【Pharmacological Analysis】
Dang Gui nourishes and replenishes blood, and Ginseng boosts Qi and generates blood, both are the principal drugs. She Chuang Zi, Wu Snake, and Cang Zhu dispel wind and relieve itching, they are the assistant drugs; Moutan Bark, Ku Shen, Huang Bai, Artificial Ox Gallstone, and Snake Bile cool blood, clear heat, dry dampness, and detoxify; Fang Feng guides the other drugs to the surface, it is the envoy drug. The combination of these drugs achieves the effects of nourishing blood, dispelling wind, drying dampness, and relieving itching.
【Contraindications】
Pregnant women should not use it.
