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Recommended by holistic veterinarians, Jing Tang Tuo Min Fang is a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) herbal formula that cools Blood, clears Wind-Heat, and moves Blood to address patterns of Wind-Heat invasion with Blood-Heat accumulation and Blood stagnation presenting as skin and immune hypersensitivity reactions in dogs and cats. Based on Tuo Ming Tang (anti-allergy decoction, Ma et al., 1986), this five-herb formula combines a Wind-dispersing and rash-clearing insect substance (Chan Tui), a Yin-nourishing and Blood-cooling herb (Han Lian Cao), a Blood-cooling and Blood-invigorating root (Qian Cao Gen), a Heat-toxin-clearing and Blood-cooling root (Ruan Zi Cao), and a Wind-dispelling, toxin-resolving, and itch-stopping herb (Xu Chang Qing) to address the Wind-Heat and Blood-Heat components of the TCVM allergy and skin hypersensitivity pattern. Available as concentrated 0.5g capsules (100 count). Use with care in pregnant patients. May be used for up to 3 months, or as directed by your veterinarian. Dosing varies by species and body weight; your authorizing veterinarian will provide specific guidance.
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Active ingredients: Chan Tui (Cryptotympana pustulata), Cicada molting; Han Lian Cao (Eclipta prostrata), Eclipta herb; Qian Cao Gen (Rubia cordifolia), Indian madder root; Ruan Zi Cao (Arnebia euchroma), Soft arnebia root; Xu Chang Qing (Cynanchum paniculatum), Paniculate swallowwort root.
Inactive ingredients: Bovine gelatin; gluten-free maltodextrin.
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Tuo Min Fang is a five-herb formula based on Tuo Ming Tang (anti-allergy decoction, Ma et al., 1986), organized around a Wind-dispersing and rash-clearing layer (Chan Tui, Xu Chang Qing) and a Blood-cooling, Heat-toxin-clearing, and Blood-invigorating layer (Han Lian Cao, Qian Cao Gen, Ruan Zi Cao):
Tuo Min Fang contains Blood-cooling and Blood-invigorating herbs including Qian Cao Gen (Indian madder root), Ruan Zi Cao (soft arnebia root), and Han Lian Cao (eclipta herb), and Wind-dispelling herbs including Chan Tui (cicada molting) and Xu Chang Qing (paniculate swallowwort root). Qian Cao Gen may affect platelet aggregation and coagulation function; Xu Chang Qing contains paeonol and related constituents that may interact with hepatically metabolized medications. Use with care in pregnant patients, as Blood-invigorating herbs may affect uterine circulation. Animals on prescription medications should use this formula under veterinary supervision, as herb-drug interaction research in dogs and cats remains limited.
Medication categories warranting extra caution include anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications, immunosuppressive drugs, and animals managing multiple concurrent prescriptions. May be used for up to 3 months, or as directed by your veterinarian. Your veterinarian can determine appropriateness based on your animal's condition, current medications, and laboratory results.
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
Tuo Min Fang is indicated for dogs and cats with TCVM patterns of Wind-Heat invasion with Blood-Heat accumulation presenting as skin and immune hypersensitivity reactions, including itching, skin rashes, and inflammatory skin changes associated with Wind-Heat and Blood-Heat patterns in the skin channel. Holistic veterinarians frequently prescribe it as a TCVM allergy and skin hypersensitivity support formula for Wind-Heat and Blood-Heat skin patterns. Use with care in pregnant patients. May be used for up to 3 months, or as directed by your veterinarian. Your authorizing veterinarian will confirm the appropriate TCVM pattern diagnosis before recommending Tuo Min Fang.
Dosing varies by body weight; your authorizing veterinarian will provide specific guidance. For dogs and cats 10 lbs and over, the guideline is one 0.5g concentrated capsule per 20 to 40 lbs of body weight twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. For small dogs and cats under 10 lbs, the guideline is one 0.2g capsule once daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Use with care in pregnant patients. May be used for up to 3 months, or as directed by your veterinarian.
Chan Tui (cicada molting, the shed exoskeleton of Cryptotympana pustulata) occupies the chief herb position in Tuo Min Fang because its specific properties make it uniquely suited to the Wind-Heat skin hypersensitivity pattern this formula targets. In TCVM theory, Chan Tui's light, ascending, and Wind-dispersing nature gives it a specific affinity for the skin surface and Lung channel - the primary sites of Wind-Heat invasion in allergic and immune hypersensitivity patterns. Its ability to vent Wind-Heat outward through the skin surface directly addresses the mechanism of Wind-Heat skin patterns by driving the Wind-Heat pathogen outward rather than suppressing or clearing it inward. Chan Tui is one of the most important insect-derived substances in the Chinese materia medica specifically because of this unique skin-surface and Wind-venting affinity, which no plant-derived herb in the formula fully replicates.
Tuo Min Fang is specifically designed for the Wind-Heat and Blood-Heat component of TCVM allergy and skin hypersensitivity patterns, distinguishing it from TCVM skin formulas that primarily address Damp-Heat patterns (built around Ku Shen and Huang Bai), Yin deficiency with Empty Heat patterns (built around Sheng Di Huang and Mu Dan Pi), or Blood deficiency with Wind-Dryness patterns (built around Dang Gui and Shou Di Huang). Tuo Min Fang's five-herb composition is tightly focused on the Wind-Heat invasion and Blood-Heat accumulation pattern specifically associated with acute and subacute allergic and immune hypersensitivity reactions, making it appropriate for Wind-Heat-driven presentations rather than Damp-Heat, Yin deficiency, or Blood deficiency-driven skin patterns. Your authorizing veterinarian will determine the most appropriate TCVM skin formula based on your animal's specific pattern diagnosis.
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