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Diphtheria F.
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definition

Diphtheria F.
sources: Flaws, 1985, p. 154.
signs and symptoms: Low-grade fever, headache, cough, onset usually in late fall or early winter; rapidly spreading redness in the throat, with thin, greyish white membrane which cannot be wiped off.
tongue and pulse: red tongue, thready pulse.
indications: Diphtheria.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients: dosage for one day:
» 18 grams: raw rehmannia (sheng di huang), scrophularia (xuan shen).
» 10 grams: lonicera (jin yin hua), forsythia (lian qiao).
» 7 grams: moutan bark (mu dan pi), water chestnut.
» 6 grams: fritillaria (bei mu).
» 3 grams: cicada (chan tui), licorice (gan cao).


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