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Zhenyuan Powder,A child develops sores all over the body, with ring-shaped pus-filled lesions encircling the head and neck; the joints of the hands and feet appear as if wrapped in snakeskin; the child experiences intermittent chills and fever, along with unceasing sneezing; and before the condition has resolved, smallpox erupts.

Formulas Name : Zhenyuan Powder

Chinese Name : 贞元散

Drug Formulation

Licorice, Platycodon, Ginseng, White Peony, Astragalus, Poria, Akebia, Safflower, Atractylodes, Raw Rehmannia, Angelica dahurica, Cimicifuga, Tangerine Peel, Trichosanthes root.

Source

*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.

Benefits

A child develops sores all over the body, with ring-shaped pus-filled lesions encircling the head and neck; the joints of the hands and feet appear as if wrapped in snakeskin; the child experiences intermittent chills and fever, along with unceasing sneezing; and before the condition has resolved, smallpox erupts.

Instructions for Use

Add lampwick, decoct in water, and take orally.

Zhenyuan Powder,*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.,A child develops sores all over the body, with ring-shaped pus-filled lesions encircling the head and neck; the joints of the hands and feet appear as if wrapped in snakeskin; the child experiences intermittent chills and fever, along with unceasing sneezing; and before the condition has resolved, smallpox erupts.

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