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Cleanse the Blood



'Cleansing the Blood' is a term used more commonly by modern practitioners, so has been added here to facilitate easier clinical application. Unclean Blood will be most evident in the skin. Dirty, patchy, spotty skin will be the best immediate indication of unclean blood. Blood cleansing medicines may be applicable to skin diseases, chronic joint disease, acute infections, cachexia and after chronic illness and chronic inflammations. In the Humoral Theory, the blood is cleansed of the specific Humor deranged or in excess; cleansing the Humors can be seen under each respective Humor. The closest TCM idea of Blood cleansers is seen in the medicines that clear Heat and Toxin, and medicines that clear Heat from the Blood.


Western Tradition

Simples
Cassia
Maidenhair
Chicory
Fumitory
Madder
Black Hellebore

Hops
Rhubarb
Dandelion
Rose juice
Rhubarb
Lapis Lazuli


Sanguinem mundificant, & clarificant, & purgant – Blood cleanse, clarify and purge

Infusion of Rose
Decoction of Maidenhair
Decoction of Fumitory (Mesue)

Decoction Liberans
Decoction of Dodder (Mesue)
Decoction of Dodder (Rhasis)
Decoction of Guaiacum
Decoction of Guaiacum and Sarsaparilla
Decoction to Cool the Blood (Wirtzung)
Decoction to Purify

Decoction to Open the Body (Riverius)
Opening Hepatic Decoction

Compound Syrup of Vinegar
Special Powder for Memory (Wirtzung)


Purgatives to cleanse the Blood

Syrup of Apples Purgative
Syrup of Chicory and Rhubarb (Nicholas)
Electuary of Senna (Diasenna) (Nicholas)
Catholicum (Diacatholicum) (Nicholas)


TCM Classification

Clear Heat-Toxin

Fever, boils and carbuncles with redness and swelling, red tongue with a yellow coating and a rapid pulse

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
Niu Huang Jie Du Tang
Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin


Clear Blood Heat
In TCM, Blood heat represents a deeper level of Heat where Heat has penetrated into the interior. There is Fever, deep-red or dark-colored rashes, bleeding, dry mouth, scarlet red tongue with a rapid pulse

Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang
Qing Ying Tang
Margarite Acne Pills



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