| Fang name | Cough-Stopping Powder |
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[Efficacy]
Cough resolving phlegm, ventilating lung.
Cough, itchy throat, white phlegm, or slight fever aversion to cold, white and thin tongue coating.
In the prescription, Schizonepeta dispersing wind and releasing the external, dispersing external evil; Aster is bitter, warm and moist, ventilating lung and relieving cough; stemona root is sweet and bitter, good at resolving phlegm; Platycodon Root is hardworking, good at ventilating lung and resolving phlegm; Willowleaf Rhizome is sweet and smooth, good at descending qi and resolving phlegm; Dried Tangerine Peel is pungent and warm, can regulate qi and resolving phlegm; Liquorice Root is sweet and neutral, harmonizes various medicines, and has the effect of sedating the throat.
This prescription is a commonly used prescription for treating cough. It can be used by those who are experiencing wind-cold for the first time, cough with minor exterior pathogens and itchy throat.
- external contraction exterior cold exterior pathogen Worse: add Saposhnikovia Root, perilla leaf.
- For those with more cough phlegm: add Pineilia and Poria.
- Kac phlegm is difficult to get out: add Belamcanda Rhizome and burdock.
- Dampness-heat cough: Add Peucedanum, Cardamon Fruit.
- aversion to cold headache: add Dahurian Angelica, Asarum.
- Heat thirst: add Gardenia, Skullcap Root, Snakegourd Root.
- For wind-heat cough, add Mulberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum Flower, Mentha.
Although this prescription is mild, it is pungent and warm, so it should not be used in patients with yin deficiency and labor cough.
This prescription dispelling phlegm, antitussive, diaphoretic, antipyretic, inhibits subcutaneous node bacilli and influenza virus. Used for upper respiratory tract infections, acute and chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, and cough.
