Formula for Treating Yangmei,*Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.,In the early stages of syphilis, the patient experiences pain in the muscles and bones throughout the body, alternating chills and fever, and dizziness and blurred vision.
Formula for Treating Yangmei
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Formulas Name : Formula for Treating Yangmei
Chinese Name : 托杨梅方
Drug Formulation
1 qian of Clematis root, 1 qian of cicada slough, 3 qian of raw rhubarb, 2 qian of ephedra, and 0.5 fen of licorice nodes.
Source
*Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.
Benefits
In the early stages of syphilis, the patient experiences pain in the muscles and bones throughout the body, alternating chills and fever, and dizziness and blurred vision.
Instructions for Use
Prepare 1 jin of lean mutton and 5 bowls of water. Simmer the meat until tender; have the patient consume all the meat. Then, use 2 bowls of the meat broth to decoct 6 fen of the herbal formula, strain out the residue, and drink while warm. Cover the patient with a blanket to induce a profuse, foul-smelling sweat, which will expel the toxic stool; if the patient has dysentery, no tonic treatment is needed—simply expel all the toxic qi.
Note
The patient must not leave the room for 7 days and must not be exposed to drafts.
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Formula for Treating Yangmei,In the early stages of syphilis, the patient experiences pain in the muscles and bones throughout the body, alternating chills and fever, and dizziness and blurred vision.