bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Grind the medicine into powder, take 6 grams each time, add a small amount of Fresh Ginger Rhizome and Mentha, decoct with water and take.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Tonifying qi and releasing the exterior, dispersing wind and dispelling dampness. Used for insufficient healthy qi, external contraction of wind-cold dampness, symptoms include aversion to cold, high fever, headache, stiff neck, limb pain, absence of sweating, nasal congestion, heavy voice, cough with phlegm, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness, white greasy tongue coating, floating and soggy pulse that is weak upon deep pressure.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
In the formula, Notopterygium and Pubescent Angelica are warm and acrid, dispersing and purging wind-warmth evils, serving as the main medicinal. Sichuan Lovage Rhizome promotes blood circulation and dispels wind, Bupleurum is acrid and disperses flesh, both assisting Notopterygium and Pubescent Angelica in expelling external evils and relieving pain, serving as auxiliary medicinals. Submature Bitter Orange descends qi, Platycodon Root opens the lungs, Peucedanum dispels phlegm, Poria eliminates dampness, Ginseng supports healthy qi to drive out evils through sweating, all serving as assistant medicinals. Liquorice Root harmonizes the various medicinals and tonifies qi to harmonize the middle; Fresh Ginger Rhizome and Mentha disperse wind-cold, all serving as guiding medicinals.
bubble_chart Modern Application Common cold common cold.
