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[INDICATIONS]: Diphtheria marked by false membrane in the throat which is not easy to be rubbed off sore throat. At the beginning, there are such symptoms as fever or absence of fever, dry nose and lips, cough or absence of cough, difficult breath with husky sound.

[ANALYSIS OF FORMULA]:It is a common formula for treating diphtheria. Rehmannia root can nourish yin and clear away heat; scrophularia root can clear the lung and eliminate poison. They act as the main herbs. As the assistant herbs, ophiopogon root is to nourish yin and to clear the lung; white peony root to nour­ish blood for gentling the liver in order to prevent from injury of the lung due to the liver-fire; moutan bark to cool blood and to dissipate stasis and resolve swell­ing. Fritillary bulb can moisten the lung to resolve phlegm; peppermint can dis­perse the lung and soothe the throat. They are the adjuvant herbs. Licorice, as the dispatcher, purge fire and poison as well as harmonizing all the components.

This formula can be used, by modifications, to treat tonsillitis, laryngopharyngitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma pertaining to yin deficiency.