Great Cleansing and Cooling Powder，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Cold Damage and Epidemic Fevers*, Volume 4.，For cases of warm disease characterized by severe heat in the exterior, interior, and triple burner, with chest fullness, pain in the flanks, deafness, red eyes, bleeding from the mouth and nose, dry lips and tongue, a bitter taste in the mouth, spontaneous sweating, swelling and pain in the throat, and delirium or mania.
Great Cleansing and Cooling Powder
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Formulas Name : Great Cleansing and Cooling Powder
Chinese Name : 大清凉散
Drug Formulation
White Silkworm Pupae (wine-fried) 3 qian, Cicada Shed Skins (whole) 12 pieces, Whole Scorpions (detoxified) 3 pieces, Angelica Root 2 qian, Raw Rehmannia Root (wine-washed) 2 qian, Honeysuckle 2 qian, Eupatorium 2 qian, Alisma 1 qian, Akebia 1 qian, Plantain Seed (fried, ground) 1 qian, Coptis (fried with ginger juice) 1 qian,Scutellaria baicalensis 1 qian, Gardenia seeds (stir-fried until black) 1 qian, Schisandra berries 1 qian, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 1 qian, Gentiana root (wine-fried) 1 qian, Moutan bark 1 qian, Anemarrhena rhizome 1 qian, Licorice root (raw) 5 fen.
Source
*Treatise on the Differentiation of Cold Damage and Epidemic Fevers*, Volume 4.
Benefits
For cases of warm disease characterized by severe heat in the exterior, interior, and triple burner, with chest fullness, pain in the flanks, deafness, red eyes, bleeding from the mouth and nose, dry lips and tongue, a bitter taste in the mouth, spontaneous sweating, swelling and pain in the throat, and delirium or mania.
Instructions for Use
Decoct in water, strain out the residue, add 3 spoons of honey, half a small cup of chilled rice wine, and half a small cup of a child’s urine; mix well and take while cold.
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Great Cleansing and Cooling Powder,For cases of warm disease characterized by severe heat in the exterior, interior, and triple burner, with chest fullness, pain in the flanks, deafness, red eyes, bleeding from the mouth and nose, dry lips and tongue, a bitter taste in the mouth, spontaneous sweating, swelling and pain in the throat, and delirium or mania.