Green Plum Powder，From *Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 7, citing *Effective Formulas for Preventing Smallpox from Yide Hall*.，
Green Plum Powder
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Formulas Name : Green Plum Powder
Chinese Name : 青梅散
Drug Formulation
7 raw green plum pits (crush, remove the kernels, sun-dry, and grind into an extremely fine powder; do not roast over fire, and do not allow them to come into contact with raw water), 21 Yude plum blossoms (stems removed).
Source
From *Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 7, citing *Effective Formulas for Preventing Smallpox from Yide Hall*.
Instructions for Use
Add two teaspoons of white honey and pound into a thick paste. Administer to the child precisely at the time of the Spring Equinox. The child will never develop smallpox; even if it does, no more than three lesions will appear.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 30, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 30, 2026
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Green Plum Powder