Bai Xian Pi, 1lb

Primary Actions and Uses

• Clears heat and dries dampness: Used for damp-heat skin lesions with redness, swelling, oozing, or itching.
• Dispels wind and relieves toxicity: For eczema, tinea, and other damp-heat skin disorders.
• Clears heat from deficiency: Helpful in cases of steaming bone disorder with tidal fever and night sweats.

Context and Traditional Notes

• Bitter in taste and cold in temperature; enters the Spleen, Stomach, and Bladder channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that clears heat and dries dampness.
• Often used both internally and externally for damp-heat skin conditions, especially those accompanied by itching and discharge.
• Sometimes combined with herbs that cool the blood and relieve toxicity for severe skin eruptions.