Purple Root Drink 1 【Source】Quoted from "Experience Later Formula" in Volume 8 of "Zhenghe Herbal Classic." 【Composition】Purple root 60 grams 【Usage】Soak the herb in 200 ml boiling water, cover tightly with a lid to prevent gas loss. After cooling, administer according to child’s age. 【Function】Clear heat, cool blood, detoxify, and promote eruption. 【Indication】Smallpox or measles about to erupt or already fully erupted. 【Contraindication】Avoid use if diarrhea occurs. 【Additions】For eruption of smallpox, add tangerine peel and green onion white; for rash or petechiae, add hook vine, mix with wine and take. Comment: This formula has no name in the original text; now added based on "Introduction to Medicine," Volume 8. |