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

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


Western Tradition

TCM Classification

Chlamydia
Simples

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


Gonorrhea
Simples

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

Other Combinations
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

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