bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulating qi and releasing the external.

bubble_chart Indications

1. External contraction wind-cold, internal qi stagnation. Symptoms include aversion to cold, body heat, headache without sweating, chest and gastric stuffiness, loss of appetite, thin white tongue coating, and floating pulse.
2. Women during pregnancy, external contraction wind-cold, qi depression and other symptoms.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for those with a constitution of qi stagnation who are also affected by external pathogens. In the formula, Cyperus is used to relieve stagnation, regulate qi, and soothe the liver, effectively dispersing qi depression; Perilla Leaf opens the skin and hair externally, disperses wind-cold, and internally resolves stagnation, effectively alleviating blood stagnation; Dried Tangerine Peel acts both on the exterior and interior, strengthens the stomach, eliminates phlegm, and also disperses stagnation; Fresh Ginger Rhizome is pungent and warm, assisting Perilla Leaf in dispersing wind and releasing the exterior, while roasted Liquorice Root harmonizes the middle, regulates the other herbs, and supports original qi.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. fever and chills.
2. chest and gastric stuffiness with a feeling of oppression.
3. thin white tongue coating.
4. floating pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. anorexia: add hawthorn fruit, Germinated Barley, Medicated Leaven.
2. cough: add Pineilia, Bitter Apricot Seed, White Mulberry Root-Bark, Coltsfoot Flower.
3. wind-cold headache: add Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Asarum, Dahurian Angelica.
4. with diarrhea: add Poria, White Atractylodes Rhizome.
5. vomiting: add Patchouli, Pineilia.
6. abdominal pain: add Aucklandia Root, Peony Root.
7. nasal congestion with clear nasal discharge: add Fistular Onion Stalk, Schizonepeta.
8. with heat: add Skullcap Root, Forsythia.
9. stomach distension: add Submature Bitter Orange, Magnolia Bark.
10. pregnancy qi stagnation with external contraction: add White Atractylodes Rhizome, Skullcap Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

This formula inhibits the common cold virus. It is used for common cold, allergic rhinitis, urticaria, nasal congestion, cessation of menstruation, and seafood poisoning.