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Summer Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction

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Summer Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction,When smallpox occurs during extreme heat, the heat energy causes obstruction. The patient appears restless and irritable, frequently sticks out the tongue, experiences intense thirst and a craving for cold drinks, breaks out in profuse sweat, or feels cold as if fainting, and the smallpox lesions fail to erupt.

Formulas Name : Summer Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction

Chinese Name : 清暑透毒汤

Drug Formulation

Dried tangerine peel 4 fen, Magnolia bark 4 fen, Pueraria root 3 fen, Alisma rhizome 5 fen, Elsholtzia 5 fen, Coptis rhizome 7 fen, Talc 3 qian, Green tangerine peel 7 fen, Cicada slough 3 fen, Licorice root 4 fen, Cowpea 1 qian.

Source

*Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.

Benefits

When smallpox occurs during extreme heat, the heat energy causes obstruction. The patient appears restless and irritable, frequently sticks out the tongue, experiences intense thirst and a craving for cold drinks, breaks out in profuse sweat, or feels cold as if fainting, and the smallpox lesions fail to erupt.

Instructions for Use

Add 1 fen of lampwick to the above formula and decoct for oral administration.

Summer Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction,*Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.,When smallpox occurs during extreme heat, the heat energy causes obstruction. The patient appears restless and irritable, frequently sticks out the tongue, experiences intense thirst and a craving for cold drinks, breaks out in profuse sweat, or feels cold as if fainting, and the smallpox lesions fail to erupt.

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