bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispersing wind and dissipating cold, relieving nasal congestion and unblocking orifices.

bubble_chart Indications

Nasal congestion, continuous nasal discharge, or inability to breathe through the nose, and inability to smell.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for cases where wind-cold invades the lungs and lung qi is obstructed, leading to nasal congestion or accompanied by headache. In the prescription, Saposhnikovia Root, Dahurian Angelica, and Chinese Lovage disperse wind-cold and unblock the nose with their aromatic properties; Magnolia Flower Powder relieves nasal congestion caused by wind-cold, while Cimicifuga Rhizome promotes the rising of yang and clears the orifices, both herbs guiding the clear yang qi from the stomach to rise and gently relieve nasal congestion; Asarum dispels wind and dissipates cold to relieve pain, and its pungent aroma helps unblock the orifices; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome dispels wind to relieve pain; fine tea clears the head and eyes; Liquorice Root harmonizes the effects of all the herbs. Together, these herbs disperse wind and dissipate cold, promote lung qi, relieve nasal congestion, and alleviate dampness and pain.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. nasal congestion.
2. Continuous clear nasal discharge.
3. Unable to detect scents.
4. headache.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Nasal congestion, severe cases: add Cocklebur Fruit, Acorus.
2. Aversion to cold and cough: add Schizonepeta, Aster, Bitter Apricot Seed.
3. Headache, severe cases: add Notopterygium, Schizonepeta, Perilla Leaf.
4. Accompanied by dampness and pus accumulation: add Atractylodes Rhizome, Forsythia.
5. Upper energizer heat, severe cases: combine with Diaphragm-Cooling Powder.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Hypertrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyp, nasal congestion, headache, common cold. For allergic rhinitis that does not heal over time, especially in cases of lung qi deficiency, after symptoms and signs improve with this formula, it is necessary to regulate with a warming and tonifying lung qi formula that also strengthens the exterior. Otherwise, recurrence is likely.