Gui Zong Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 56.，Indicated for smallpox with excessively intense toxic fire; the patient is robust in physique and vital energy, with no external pathogenic factors of wind or cold; persistent high fever; blue-purple fingernails and toenails; cold and numb limbs; aversion to heat; sweating on the head; profuse sweating over the entire body; delirium; restlessness and mania; intense thirst with a strong desire to drink; cracked and parched lips and mouth; a tongue with prickly projections; constipation and urinary retention; hemoptysis; and hematuria.When smallpox fever erupts, the toxic fire rages intensely, and various yang-syndrome manifestations appear in succession; symptoms include smallpox lesions clustering at the temples and along the jawline, gathering on the back, waist, and lower back; lesions resembling snake skin or silkworm cocoons; swollen flesh but non-swollen sores; and purple or black sunken lesions.
Gui Zong Decoction
Formulas Name : Gui Zong Decoction
Chinese Name : 归宗汤
Drug Formulation
Rhubarb, Raw Rehmannia, Red Peony Root, Dongshan Hawthorn, Green Tangerine Peel, Akebia Stem, Schizonepeta Spikes, and Burdock Seeds (roasted).
Source
From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 56.
Benefits
Indicated for smallpox with excessively intense toxic fire; the patient is robust in physique and vital energy, with no external pathogenic factors of wind or cold; persistent high fever; blue-purple fingernails and toenails; cold and numb limbs; aversion to heat; sweating on the head; profuse sweating over the entire body; delirium; restlessness and mania; intense thirst with a strong desire to drink; cracked and parched lips and mouth; a tongue with prickly projections; constipation and urinary retention; hemoptysis; and hematuria.When smallpox fever erupts, the toxic fire rages intensely, and various yang-syndrome manifestations appear in succession; symptoms include smallpox lesions clustering at the temples and along the jawline, gathering on the back, waist, and lower back; lesions resembling snake skin or silkworm cocoons; swollen flesh but non-swollen sores; and purple or black sunken lesions.
Instructions for Use
Use lampwick as a guide; decoct in water and take orally.
Gui Zong Decoction,Indicated for smallpox with excessively intense toxic fire; the patient is robust in physique and vital energy, with no external pathogenic factors of wind or cold; persistent high fever; blue-purple fingernails and toenails; cold and numb limbs; aversion to heat; sweating on the head; profuse sweating over the entire body; delirium; restlessness and mania; intense thirst with a strong desire to drink; cracked and parched lips and mouth; a tongue with prickly projections; constipation and urinary retention; hemoptysis; and hematuria.When smallpox fever erupts, the toxic fire rages intensely, and various yang-syndrome manifestations appear in succession; symptoms include smallpox lesions clustering at the temples and along the jawline, gathering on the back, waist, and lower back; lesions resembling snake skin or silkworm cocoons; swollen flesh but non-swollen sores; and purple or black sunken lesions.