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respiratory system
diphtheria
chinese formulae

formulas

"I do not suggest the average American practitioner of Chinese medicine attempt treating Diphtheria solely by traditional means." (Flaws, 1985, p. 154)

Diphtheria Formula: Yin Xu (Deficiency); Fire Toxin (Flaws, 1985, p. 154)
Zi Xue Dan (patent): Fire Toxin; Liver Wind Stirring: high fever; restlessness; impaired consciousness; spasms or convulsions
(Bensky and Barolet, p. 419, Zhu, p. 127)
• Hui Chun Dan (patent): Lung Obstructed by Phlegm-Heat; Orifices Obstructed by Phlegm-Heat: fever; convulsions; sounds of mucus in throat
(Bensky and Barolet, p. 420, Zhu, p. 195)
• Scute and Cimicifuga C. (Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin): Fire Toxin
(Hsu, 1980, p. 189; Yeung, p. 49; Bensky and Barolet, p. 80)
Ma Huang and Apricot Seed C. (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang): Lung Invaded by Wind-Heat: fever; thirst; wheezing; coughing
(Hsu, 1980, p. 68; Yeung, p. 157; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 126; Bensky and Barolet, p. 88)
Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang (available as patent): Lung Yin Xu (Deficiency); Fire Toxin: dry cough in final stages
(Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang: Yeung, p. 270; Bensky and Barolet, p. 164; patent: Zhu, p. 84)


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