Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD’s)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases are classed as Infectious Diseases, and so medicines used for against Infectious Diseases are generally applicable. In general, acute cases manifest with Heat and Toxin or Heat and Damp, while chronic cases manifest with deficiency. As always, Formulas need to be chosen which are applicable to the individual.Primary Medicines
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Argyreia seed Balm Burdock root China root |
Coptis Huang Lian Echinacea Emblic Myrobalan Fumitory |
Sage Sarsaparilla St. Johns wort Tormentil |
Violet Vitex negundo root Wormwood Yarrow |
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Western Tradition |
TCM Classification |
Simples
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Wormwood Gentian Plantain seed Hops |
Agrimony Barberry Marshmallow Fumitory |
Scutellaria Huang Qin Poria Fu Ling Dianthus Qu Mai |
Artemisia Yin Chen Hao Polyporus Zhu Ling Phellodendron Huang Bai |
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Xiao Chai Hu Tang Huang Lian Jie Du Tang Long Dan Xie Gan Tang |
Gonorrhea
Simples
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Sarsaparilla Sassafras Rue Wormwood Plantain seed Marshmallow Cubeb Bearberry Saltpeter |
China root Guaiacum Yarrow Hops Lettuce seed Hemidesmus Greater Cardamon Sandalwood Borax |
Forsythia Lian Qiao Dianthus Qu Mai Alisma Ze Xie |
Scutellaria Huang Qin Ailanthus Chun Pi Plantago Che Qian Zi |
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General Formulas Syrup for Gonorrhea from Heat Powder for Gonorrhea Powder for Gonorrhea from Heat (Nicholas) Powder of Digher (Unani) Powder of Licorice (Unani) Troches of Agnus Castus Electuary of Micleta (Nicholas) Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confect Hamech) Electuary of Orchid (Diasatyrion) (Nicholas) Barberry 8 Powder (Tibetan Medicine) |
Heat and Damp (Acute cases) Ba Zheng San Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang Cold and Damp Bei Xie Fen Qing Yin Kidney Deficiency (Chronic cases) Shen Qi Wan Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan |
1. Bistort, Tormentil, Water Lily root, Lettuce seed, Rue, Agnus Castus, Frankincense, Nutmeg
2. Senna, Mastic, Amber, Dragon’s blood, Terra Sigillata, Nutmeg (1 ½ oz. each), Red Sandalwood (½ oz.), washed Turpentine (½ oz.), powder of Tormentil enough to make into a Paste for Pills. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655)
3. Neem with Fumitory, White Sandalwood and China root
4. Chlorophytum with Cinnabar
Syphilis
Simples
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Sarsaparilla Guaiacum Cold Seeds Lettuce seed Hemidesmus |
China root Sassafras Couch Grass Plantain seed Picrorrhiza |
Smilax Tu Fu Ling Benincasa Dong Gua Zi |
Scutellaria Huang Qin |
Gential Warts
1. Podophyllum hexandrum root (ointment or paste)
2. Alum applied topically
Powder to Remove Genital Warts
Syrup of Fumitory Compound
Research:
1. Effects of baicalin on Chlamydia trachomatis infection in vitro.2. [Study on activities of eight kinds of traditional Chinese medicine against urogential Chlamydia trachomatis].