[Efficacy]

Cough resolving phlegm, ventilating lung.

[Indications]

Cough, itchy throat, white phlegm, or slight fever aversion to cold, white and thin tongue coating.

[Prescription]

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.

[Addition and subtraction]

1. external contraction exterior cold exterior pathogen Worse: add Saposhnikovia Root, perilla leaf.
2. For those with more cough phlegm: add Pineilia and Poria.
3. Kac phlegm is difficult to get out: add Belamcanda Rhizome and burdock.
4. Dampness-heat cough: Add Peucedanum, Cardamon Fruit.
5. aversion to cold headache: add Dahurian Angelica, Asarum.
6. Heat thirst: add Gardenia, Skullcap Root, Snakegourd Root.
7. For wind-heat cough, add Mulberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum Flower, Mentha.

[Attention to taboos]

Although this prescription is mild, it is pungent and warm, so it should not be used in patients with yin deficiency and labor cough.

[Modern application]

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.