bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispersing wind and clearing heat, subduing swelling to relieve pain.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver and kidney meridian wind-heat, swelling and pain in both ears, or gallbladder heat shifting to the brain, leading to sinusitis, a slightly red tongue, thin yellow coating, and a rapid or floating pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Schizonepeta Schizonepeta is pungent and warm, disperses wind and releases the exterior, excels in entering the blood aspect, and can resolve blood apoplexy heat; Forsythia is bitter and slightly cold, light and clear, and floating, able to penetrate and reach both the exterior and interior, clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing fire and reducing swelling. The combination of cold and warm properties makes them the sovereign medicinals; together they create the effects of dispersing wind and clearing heat, subduing swelling and dissipating bind. Saposhnikovia Root, Dahurian Angelica, and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome are pungent and warm, assisting Schizonepeta in dispersing wind and releasing the exterior, ascending to the head and eyes; Bupleurum and Skullcap Root enter the liver and gallbladder meridians, harmonizing and clearing heat; Gardenia is bitter and cold, clearing heat and purging fire, assisting Forsythia in clearing heat and dispersing swelling; Chinese Angelica and Peony Root nourish blood and activate blood, harmonizing the collaterals; Platycodon Root is bitter, pungent, and neutral, both ascending and descending, guiding the medicinals upward, and excels in draining pus to resolve swelling; Liquorice Root harmonizes all the medicinals.

1. Swelling and pain in and around the ear caused by wind-heat.
2. Nasal congestion.
3. Floating and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. wind-cold盛 nasal congestion甚：加Asarum、Chinese Lovage、Magnolia、Cocklebur Fruit。
2. 前額 headache：加Pueraria Root、Anemarrhena。
3. gallbladder heat盛 bitter taste in mouth甚：加Gentian。
4. 脾腎 dampness-heat：加Atractylodes Rhizome、Phelloendron Bark。
5. 鼻瘜肉：加Magnolia、Cocklebur Fruit。
6. 風熱腫痛：加 Lonicera、Coptis Rhizome。
7. 氣息不通：合Nose-Clearing Decoction。
8. 不聞香臭：合Magnolia Flower Powder。

bubble_chart Modern Application

Otitis media, mumps, rhinitis, sinusitis.