Wu+Wei+Xiao+Du+Yin+(Five+Ingredient+Drink+to+Eliminate+Toxin)

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin (Five Ingredient Drink to Eliminate Toxin)
 * Category:** Clear Heat [Carbuncles/Boils]
 * Preparation:** Decoct with water. Add a small amount of wine to the decoction. Cook less than 10 min. (~8 min). Can be powdered, water added to make paste and applied topically, this is usually faster.
 * Function:** Clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, and reduces swelling
 * Indications:** All types of boils and carbuncle with localized erythema, swelling, heat, and pain accompanied by fever, chills, red tongue with yellow coat, rapid pulse
 * Clinical Applications:** Multiple furuncles, carbuncles, erysipelas, cellulitis, mastitis, appendicitis, conjunctivitis, bartholinitis, urinary tract infections, acute pyelonephritis, acne, acute hepatitis
 * Contraindications:** Yin-type boils, Spleen deficiency

**Ingredients:**
Jin Yin Hua (9g.) Pu Gong Ying (3.6g.) Zi Hua Di Ding (3.6g.) Ye Ju Hua (3.6g.) Tian Kui Zi (3.6g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Jin Yin Hua: clears heat, resolves toxicity, dissipates swelling

//Deputy:// Pu Gong Ying, Zi Hua Di Ding, Ye Ju Hua, Tian Kui Zi: Cool blood, resolve toxicity, dissipate swelling, disperse clumps

**Modifications:**
High fever/severe heat: + Huang Lian, Lian Qiao Severe swelling: + Fang Feng, Chan Tui Dark red & painful sores: + Mu Dan Pi, Chi Shao Concurrent damp-eat rash: + Bai Xian Pi, Di Fu Zi, Wu Shao She Breast Abscess: + Gua Lou, Zhe Bei Mu, Qing Pi; increase Pu Gong Ying Septicemia: increase Da Qing Ye; + Ban Zhi Lian Acute pyelonephritis: + Bai Mao Gen, Yu Mi Xu Deficient patients: + Ren Shen or combine with Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang

Note: Also consider Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin