Zhao Xinbo’s Experience in Treating Radiculitis, March 5, 1995

Zhao Xinbo’s Experience in Treating Radiculitis, March 5, 1995

This veteran physician frequently uses the following herbs in his prescriptions for radiculitis and infectious neuritis: peach kernel, safflower, Dipsacus, Achyranthes, Gentiana, Herba Lysimachiae, Platycladus leaves, papaya, silkworm pupa, and whole scorpion.

Mnemonic: Four substances—peach kernel, safflower, Gentiana, Achyranthes; two insects—Platycladus, papaya, Herba Lysimachiae; urgent—Forsythia, two dragons—Ligusticum and Astragalus; slow—mulberry twig, Gentiana, black snake.

The mnemonic can be adjusted to: Platycladus, papaya, two insects, Herba Lysimachiae; peach kernel, four substances—Gentiana, Achyranthes; urgent—Forsythia, two dragons—Ligusticum and Astragalus; slow—mulberry twig, black snake.

The composition of the formula includes: Platycladus leaves, Xuan papaya, whole scorpion, silkworm pupa, Herba Lysimachiae, peach kernel, safflower, Rehmannia, red peony, Chuanxiong, angelica, Gentiana, Dipsacus, Achyranthes, Ligusticum, honeysuckle, earthworm, bile nanshang, mulberry twig, black snake, hook vine, and climbing ivy.