Dang Gui Yin Zi (Tangkuei Drink)

Tangkuei Drink

Ji Sheng Fang, 1253

• Si Wu Tang (Dang Gui, Shu Di, Bai Shao, Chuan Xiong) nourish blood; He Shou Wu, Huang Qi (nourish/qi)
• Jing Jie, Fang Feng, Bai Ji Li (dispel wind); Gan Cao

• Nourishes and invigorates the blood
• Dispels wind and stops itching

Blood deficiency with wind: chronic, dry, itchy skin, recurrent urticaria, and lichenified eczema, worse at night, with dry skin and a pale complexion.

Tongue: pale. Pulse: thin (or wiry and thin).

For damp, weeping rashes use Xiao Feng San instead.

For dry, blood-deficiency itchy skin; not for acute weeping damp-heat rashes.