Shi Du Qing Pian 6 Pack

It's a historical link, that's all. Dry, itchy, hot skin was where Chinese herbalists would reach for something like this, so eczema keeps coming up whenever it's discussed. Is it a treatment for eczema? No. Stick with whatever your GP or pharmacist suggested. A flare that's weeping, crusting or spreading wants checking, please.

For loads of people, yes. Dry seasons were thought to make Blood dryness and Wind worse, so autumn and winter (with central heating doing its bit) are when many people traditionally leaned on it. Others find their skin is hot and bothered in summer instead, which herbalists would see as more of a heat picture.

Yes, mainly things thought to stoke heat and damp. Spicy food, alcohol, fried and greasy dishes, shellfish and lots of sugar were the usual suspects in Chinese skin advice. Tradition, mind, not a diet plan. Think it might be a proper food allergy? Then see your GP before you start cutting whole foods out.

Yes, same plant. Green chiretta's one of its English names (Andrographis paniculata, to be proper about it), and in Chinese it's chuan xin lian. In this formula it's the bitter, cooling one. And when we say bitter, we mean famously bitter. Partly why we'd have the tablets with a meal, not on an empty stomach.

Because skin formulas are traditionally taken over a good few weeks, and six bottles cover sixty days at the usual dose. It's exactly the same formula as the single bottle. You just won't be reordering every ten days while you're trying to keep a routine going.