There is no apparent harm in taking smallpox pollen within the indications and under the correct dosage. However, its effects are limited and it cannot replace medication. Smallpox pollen is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, for the gourd plant Juniperus communis dried root, this product has the effect of clearing away heat and generating fluids (clearing away the heat evil and generating fluids), eliminating swelling and draining pus (eliminating pus and swelling, draining pus). It is used for fever, lung-heat dry cough, thirst (equivalent to diabetes in Western medicine), sores and ulcers. Clinically, smallpox pollen is used with Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Ophiopogon, etc. for lung-heat and dry cough, heat disease and thirst; smallpox pollen is used with Ophiopogon and Zhimu, etc. for heat disease and thirst; smallpox pollen is used with Forsythiae, Dandelion, Phellodendron and other medicines for carbuncle, swelling and ulcers. Adverse effects of smallpox pollen are not clear at present. It is forbidden to use with aconite. When using, it should be noted that it is contraindicated in cold spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weak and cold); contraindicated in slippery stool. From the viewpoint of adverse reactions and contraindications of smallpox pollen, there is no obvious harm in taking smallpox pollen when this product is within the scope of indications and under the correct dosage, and when contraindications are excluded. Before taking this medicine, it should be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor, do not buy and use on your own to avoid delaying your condition.