[Efficacy]

enriching yin and clearing the lung, removing toxin and soothing the throat.

[Indications]

diphtheria. White lumps in the throat that are like rot, difficult to remove, swelling and pain in the throat, fever at the beginning, or no fever, dry nose and lips, cough or no cough, noisy breathing, panting qi counterflow, even flaring of the nose, and rapid pulse.

Diphtheria is mostly caused by heat accumulation in the body due to yin deficiency, re-infection with epidemic toxin, burns in body fluids, and fumigation of heat toxin. Treatment should mainly focus on enriching yin and clearing the lung, and also remove toxin. Fangzhong Unprocessed Rehmannia Root nourishing yin and clearing heat; Scrophularia Root, Ophiopogon Tuber enriching yin and producing fluid, clearing heat and removing toxin; peony root cools blood and reduces swelling; Peony Root nourishes blood and nourishes yin; Chuanbei resolving phlegm and dissipating mass; mint disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx; raw Liquorice Root Reconcile medicines.

1. For those who have fever aversion to cold exterior syndrome/pattern, you can add Pueraria 15g, Mulberry Leaf 10g, Lonicera 12g
2. For heat toxin, add Dyers Woad 10g, Isatis Root 12g, Forsythia 10g
3. If there is more white membrane in the throat, add Reed Rhizome 18g
4. For severe laryngeal swelling, add Puff-Ball 9. Prunella 15g

[Documentation]

Anti-diphtheria bacilli "Fujian Chinese medicine" 1964(5):1-12

Modern methods are often used to treat diphtheria, acute tonsillitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other patients with yin deficiency dryness-heat.