bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take the nine ingredients, boil Ephedra in 2 liters (one dou) of water, skimming off the foam. Then add the other herbs and boil until 600 milliliters (three sheng) remain. Strong individuals should take 200 milliliters (one sheng), while weaker individuals should take less, three times a day. Children should take 80 milliliters (four ge).

bubble_chart Efficacy

Releasing the external and resolving retained fluid, relieving cough and calming asthma.

bubble_chart Indications

Lung distension, with water and qi below the heart, coughing with abnormal rising of qi, dysphoria and wheezing, and a floating pulse.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Modern medicine believes that this formula reduces inflammation, expels phlegm, enhances lung ventilation, and relieves spasms of the tracheal smooth muscles. It is primarily used for spasmodic bronchitis, acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and senile lung qi swelling, presenting with copious thin white phlegm, cough and wheezing, chest fullness, dysphoria, white tongue coating, and a floating, slippery pulse.