Spring Health Prevention Remedies
Measles: Purple root and licorice each 6 grams (dose reduced for young children), decocted and taken daily for one week; large blue leaf 9 grams, decocted with one cup of water to half a cup, taken once daily for 5–7 days.
Whooping cough: 2–3 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed, mixed with sugar, boiled in a clay pot; for children under 2 years old, take twice daily until finished in 2 days; for children under 3 years old, finish in one day; course lasts 5–7 days; chestnut shell and corn silk each 16 grams, combined with winter melon and rock sugar, decocted and taken; floating plant herb dried, mixed with 3 grams honey, decocted, take 3 grams each time, half dose for children under 3 years old, continue for 3 days.
Epidemic parotitis: Banlangen 20 grams, Polygonum 15 grams, licorice 3 grams, decocted and taken daily, twice daily, for 5 days.
Epidemic meningitis: Fresh garlic, eaten raw, 2–3 cloves daily; mugwort, agastache, realgar each 10 grams, burned to fumigate and disinfect indoor air.<Remedy>