Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms and Clearing Fire

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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