1) Bitter gourd contains quinine, which has the effect of clearing heat, eliminating toxin, clearing dampness and relieving itching. It’s applicable to pyretic toxicity, furunculosis, miliaria, eczema, etc.
2) Rhizoma Imperatae and Coix Gruel (Maogen Yiren Zhou)
INGREDIENTS
Rhizoma Imperatae (Baimaogen), right amount
Coix, right amount
PROCESS: Boil them together into gruel. Frequently eating this gruel can cool blood, clear dampness and relieve itching. It’s applicable to eczema at the acute stage.
3) Thick Soup of Toufu and Chrysanthemum (Doufu Juhua Geng):
INGREDIENTS
Toufu, 100g
Wild chrysanthemum, 10g
Dandelion, 15g
Starchy sauce, refined salt, aginomoto, right amount
PROCESS: Cut Toufu into cubes, decoct Wild Chrysanthemum and Dandelion in the water, take the decoction and remove the dregs, stew Toufu in the decoction until it’s well-done, add refined salt, aginomoto and other condiments, thicken with starchy sauce for eating. One dose a day.
4) Ingredients: 30g Coix, 30g Semen Phaseoli, right amount of crystal sugar.
5) Ingredients: 250g Portulaca Oleracea (fresh), 3 dried bean curd, right amount of refined salt, aginomoto, sesame oil and other condiments.
Process: Wash Portulaca Oleracea clean and soak into boiling water for 5 minutes, then cut into thin power; cut dried bean curd into slices; mix these two ingredient, add right amount of refined salt, aginomoto, sesame oil and other condiments to stir evenly for eating. One dose a day.
6) Ingredients: 100g fresh Rhizoma Phragmitis, 15g Herba Houttuyniae (Yuxingcao), right amount of crystal sugar.
Process: Wash fresh Rhizoma Phragmitis clean and cut into segments, put the Rhizoma Phragmitis and Houttuynia Cordata into a pot, add 500ml water to decoct until the decoction only has 250ml, get rid of the dregs and take the decoction, add right amount of crystal sugar for eating. One dose a day, twice a day.
7) Ingredients: 30g Cogongrass Rhizome, 15g Rhizoma Alismatis (Zexie), 50g mung bean, 20g crystal sugar.
Process: Decoct Cogongrass Rhizome and Rhizoma Alismatis in the water for about 20 minutes, get rid of the dregs and take the decoction, then stew the mung bean in this decoction until it’s well-done, add right amount of crystal sugar to boil for a while. Take one dose a day. It’s applicable to acute eczema.
