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Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms and Clearing Fire

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Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms and Clearing Fire,For smallpox eruptions where excessive fire causes the base of the lesions to be red, and the tips are also red with a vivid hue.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms and Clearing Fire

Chinese Name : 解表泄火汤

Drug Formulation

Wine-processed Scutellaria, Polygonum multiflorum seeds (roasted), Angelica sinensis root (tail), wine-processed Gardenia seeds, Forsythia, Sophora flavescens root, Licorice, Platycodon root, Cimicifuga root, Pueraria root, and Lycium bark.

Source

From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 8.

Benefits

For smallpox eruptions where excessive fire causes the base of the lesions to be red, and the tips are also red with a vivid hue.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water, then mix with charred human feces before taking. If the fever subsides after taking the decoction, the patient will survive; if it does not, the patient will die.

Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms and Clearing Fire,From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 8.,For smallpox eruptions where excessive fire causes the base of the lesions to be red, and the tips are also red with a vivid hue.

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