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Table 4 Chinese medicines often added to various syndrome types or accompanying symptoms

From: A review of Chinese medicine for the treatment of psoriasis: principles, methods and analysis

Syndrome types or accompanying symptoms

Frequently added medicines

Blood Heat

Arnebiae Radix, Sophorae Flos, Isatidis Folium, Forsythiae Fructus, Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Coptidis Rhizoma, Radix Rhei et Rhizome, Rehmanniae Radix

Blood Dryness

Vespae Nidus, Adenophorae Radix, Dendrobii Caulis, Spatholobi Caulis, Sesami Semen Nigrum, Scrophulariae Radix, Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex, Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, Anemarrhenae Rhizoma

Blood Stasis

Persicae Semen, Carthami Flos, Paeoniae Radix Rubra, Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Sparganii Rhizoma, Hirudo, Bombyx Batryticatus

Blood Deficiency

Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Paeoniae Radix Alba, Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Codonopsisradix, Asparagi Radix

Lots of scales and sever pruritus

Tribuli Fructus, Dioscore Aehypoglaucae Rhizoma, Pheretima, Zaocys, Cicadae Periostracum, Vespae Nidus, Clematidis Radix Et Rhizoma, Scorpio, Cnidii Fructus

Mouth is dry and thirsty

Ophiopogonis Radix, Scrophulariae Radix, Adenophorae Radix

Qi deficiency

Astragali Radix, Codonopsisradix

Arthralgia

Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix, Dictamni Cortex, Mori Ramulus

Sore throat

Sophorae Tonkinensis Radix et Rhizoma, Forsythiae Fructus, Arctii Fructus, Platycodonis Radix

With damp heat

Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix

Anxiety and insomnia

Margaritifera Concha, Ziziphi Spinosae Semen

Upper limbs are severe

Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix

Lower limbs are severe

Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix

Head lesions are severe

Crataegi Fructus, Campsis Flos, Smilacis Chinae Rhizoma