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White Phoenix Decoction

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White Phoenix Decoction,In cases of epidemic throat infection with white necrosis and ulceration of the epiglottis, accompanied by foul-smelling breath.

Formulas Name : White Phoenix Decoction

Chinese Name : 白凤饮子

Drug Formulation

A black-billed white male duck (take the head and neck bones connected to the windpipe, as well as the crop; do not pierce any of these parts, and do not submerge the duck in water), 4 qian of Scrophularia root, 5 qian of raw Rehmannia root, 2 snails, 2 earthworms, 4 ancient coins, 3 salted plums, and 3 qian of loquat leaves (wrapped in silk).

Source

*A Brief Treatise on Epidemic Throat Diseases: A New Supplement on the Epiglottis*.

Benefits

In cases of epidemic throat infection with white necrosis and ulceration of the epiglottis, accompanied by foul-smelling breath.

Instructions for Use

In spring, add 3 qian of mulberry leaves (with many holes) that silkworms have eaten; in summer, add 7 lotus flower calyxes (with stamens); in autumn, add 9 water chestnut shoots (each about one cun long); in winter, add the juice of 1 small wine cup of loquats (to be taken as a wash), or 5 loquats (with both ends removed, pounded into a paste and added to the decoction) is also acceptable.Combine all the above ingredients in one container. Add 3 large bowls of freshly drawn, fast-flowing river water, stir 365 times, and simmer over reed firewood until the volume is reduced to 8 parts. Skim off the oil. Just before drinking, add 1 qian of persimmon frost every 1 zhong, mix well, and drink slowly.

White Phoenix Decoction,*A Brief Treatise on Epidemic Throat Diseases: A New Supplement on the Epiglottis*.,In cases of epidemic throat infection with white necrosis and ulceration of the epiglottis, accompanied by foul-smelling breath.

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