The invention relates to an externally-applied Zhuang
medicine for treating
beriberi and
skin pruritus and a preparation method thereof, which solves the problem of poor
curative effect of the prior
medicine. The externally-applied Zhuang
medicine is prepared from the following raw materials proportioning by weight: 10-20 of common
lantana, 10-30 of yellow-corktree
bark, 10-30 of
Chinese knotweed,10-30 of perfoliate knotweed
herb, 6-18 of wrinkled gianthyssop, 4-12 of radix sileris and 8-22 of
artemisia leaf. The medicine can be made into spraying agent,
liniment,
lotion,
film coating agent,
aerosol, ointment or tincture in a known method. The preparation method comprises the following steps: pulverizing the seven
raw material medicines into coarse
powder, carrying out thermal refluxing extraction for 2-4 times by
alcohol to the coarse
powder to obtain an extracting solution, filtering the extracting solution, merging filtrate, then adding 2-4% of
menthol and 2-4% of
camphor, standingafter stirring and dissolving, filtering and filling to obtain the
liniment. The medicine has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic substances, eliminating dampness and relieving
itching. Themedicine can be used for not only treating
skin pruritus,
beriberi, maculae,
pimple, blain,
erosion and soakage caused by moist heat, but also treating persons with the symptoms of superficial
mycosis infection and
mosquito bite. The medicine has the advantages of good and quick
curative effect, no
side effect and little possibility of relapse.