Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle and Warming the Exterior，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 8.，For cases where, as smallpox lesions are subsiding, the body feels chilly and the feet are cold, and the deficient yang fails to consolidate the lesions, resulting in a failure to resolve when they should.
Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle and Warming the Exterior
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Formulas Name : Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle and Warming the Exterior
Chinese Name : 和中温表汤
Drug Formulation
2 qian of roasted astragalus, 1 qian of ginseng, 1 qian of white atractylodes, 1 qian of poria, 1 qian of cinnamon bark, 1 qian of Sichuan lovage, 1 qian of angelica root, 1 qian of coix seed, 1 qian of dried ginger, 5 qian of roasted licorice, 5 qian of saposhnikovia root, 5 qian of white angelica root, 5 qian of cloves, and 5 qian of aconite root.
Source
*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 8.
Benefits
For cases where, as smallpox lesions are subsiding, the body feels chilly and the feet are cold, and the deficient yang fails to consolidate the lesions, resulting in a failure to resolve when they should.
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Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle and Warming the Exterior,For cases where, as smallpox lesions are subsiding, the body feels chilly and the feet are cold, and the deficient yang fails to consolidate the lesions, resulting in a failure to resolve when they should.