Fineleaf Schizonepeta Herb Classic Formulas

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Releases exterior and disperses wind — uniquely effective for both wind-cold and wind-heat patterns; mild warm nature allows use across exterior syndromes with fever, chills, headache, and body aches
Vents rashes and relieves itching — treats measles with incomplete eruption, urticaria, eczema, and chronic skin itching from wind; one of the most important herbs for wind-type skin conditions
Clears early-stage sores and carbuncles — disperses wind-heat accumulation before pus formation; resolves swelling and redness at skin surface

Jing Fang Bai Du San (荆防败毒散) — paired with Fang Feng as primary exterior-releasing duo; addresses wind-cold-damp exterior syndrome with headache, stiff neck, fever, and body aches
Xiao Feng San (消风散) — combined with Fang Feng, Ku Shen, Chan Tui for wind-heat skin disease with pronounced itching and weeping eczema
Yin Qiao San (银翘散, Wu Jutong, 1798) — Jing Jie added to wind-heat formula to strengthen surface-opening and mild dispersing; bridges cold and warm exterior-releasing herbs
Huai Hua San (槐花散) — charred Jing Jie with Huai Hua for blood in stool and dysentery from Large Intestine heat

Bencao Jing Shu (本草经疏, Miao Xiyong, 1625) — 'Jing Jie is the foremost herb for wind; its flavour is acrid, its nature is warm and upward-moving; it enters the Lung and Liver, where it opens the exterior and disperses stagnation'
Bencao Gangmu (本草纲目, Li Shizhen, 1578) — distinguishes whole herb (Jing Jie) from spike (Jing Jie Sui); notes the spike is more fragrant and appropriate for venting rashes and stopping bleeding when charred
Wen Re Jing Wei (温热经纬, Wang Mengying, 1852) — Jing Jie as a 'bridge herb' suitable in early-stage warm disease due to its mild nature, unlike strong diaphoretics