Blood-Cooling and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.，Internal heat from smallpox toxin is latent, causing restlessness, thirst, agitation, and a paradoxically cool body; the smallpox lesions appear purplish and stagnant, with a ferric-red hue; the patient is completely unable to sleep. Smallpox lesions have already appeared, but internal toxic heat is severe, and the fever persists.
Blood-Cooling and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction
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Formulas Name : Blood-Cooling and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction
Chinese Name : 凉血攻毒饮
Drug Formulation
Rhubarb 2 qian, Schizonepeta spikelets 5 fen, Akebia 4 fen, Burdock root 1 qian, Moutan bark 1 qian, Lithospermum root 1 qian, Red peony root 8 fen, Pueraria root 7 fen, Cicada slough 4 fen, Green tangerine peel 7 fen, Raw Rehmannia root 4 qian, Safflower 4 fen.
Source
From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.
Benefits
Internal heat from smallpox toxin is latent, causing restlessness, thirst, agitation, and a paradoxically cool body; the smallpox lesions appear purplish and stagnant, with a ferric-red hue; the patient is completely unable to sleep. Smallpox lesions have already appeared, but internal toxic heat is severe, and the fever persists.
Instructions for Use
Add 1 fen of lampwick.
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Blood-Cooling and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction,Internal heat from smallpox toxin is latent, causing restlessness, thirst, agitation, and a paradoxically cool body; the smallpox lesions appear purplish and stagnant, with a ferric-red hue; the patient is completely unable to sleep. Smallpox lesions have already appeared, but internal toxic heat is severe, and the fever persists.