Xuan+Shen+(Scrophularia)

[[image:Xuan_Shen.jpg width="301" height="328" align="right"]]Xuan Shen (Scrophularia) [“Dark Mysterious Root”]
Category: Clear Heat & Cool Blood Nature: Cold Flavor: Bitter, Sweet, Salty Channels: LU, ST, KI

Functions: **Clear heat and cool the blood; Clear Toxins, dissipate nodules, Nourish Yin, Moistens Dryness** Ind: 1. Feverish body, dry mouth, deep red tongue due to invasion of **warm pathogen in Ying and/or Xue levels** 2. Skin eruption, or restlessness and delirium due to excess heat in the blood 3. **Swollen & painful throat**, carbuncles/boils, or **nodes in the skin, esp. in the neck** due to stagnation of heat & toxin in the blood [**Transforms phlegm heat**] 4. Cough, 5 palm heat sensation, thirst due to Yin def.

Dose 10-15g. Contra: Cold and Yang def. Of the SP & ST
 * Incompatable w/ Li Lu**

Formulas Featuring Xuan Shen
//Deputy Herb// Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin Bai He Gu Jin Tang