Purple-Yellow Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 3.，For all cases where the smallpox lesions appear dull, dark red, or purplish, or are dry, withered, and purplish-black.
Purple-Yellow Decoction
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Formulas Name : Purple-Yellow Decoction
Chinese Name : 紫黄饮
Drug Formulation
Ren Zhong Huang (prepared by placing licorice powder into a bamboo tube, sealing the opening tightly to prevent fecal juice from entering, then submerging it in a粪缸 for over 50 days; remove, air-dry in the shade, break open the bamboo tube, and extract the licorice powder. This medicine must be prepared by the patient themselves), and Lithospermum root, each in equal parts.
Source
*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For all cases where the smallpox lesions appear dull, dark red, or purplish, or are dry, withered, and purplish-black.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 qian per dose; add 2 fen of ginseng, decoct in water, and take with the decoction. The color of the smallpox lesions will immediately turn bright red and vibrant, and the lesions will gradually rise.
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Purple-Yellow Decoction,For all cases where the smallpox lesions appear dull, dark red, or purplish, or are dry, withered, and purplish-black.