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Decoction for Cleansing Impurities and Preventing Smallpox

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Decoction for Cleansing Impurities and Preventing Smallpox

Formulas Name : Decoction for Cleansing Impurities and Preventing Smallpox

Chinese Name : 涤秽免痘汤

Drug Formulation

Small strands of loofah vine (harvested between May and June).

Source

*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 14.

Instructions for Use

Air-dry until it weighs approximately 2 liang and a half, then set aside. On the first day of the first lunar month at the hour of Zi, inform only one of the parents. Boil the dried loofah vine to make a decoction; once it has cooled to a warm temperature, wash the infant’s entire body, including the head and face, to remove fetal toxins. After washing, smallpox will not develop; if it does, the eruption will be mild, with only 3–5 lesions. Another formula uses gourd vine; washing with this method is also highly effective.

Decoction for Cleansing Impurities and Preventing Smallpox,*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 14.,

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