bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispelling wind and releasing the exterior, promoting qi and dispersing cold.

bubble_chart Indications

To treat seasonal epidemic pestilence, double invasion of wind-cold, headache, fever, aversion to cold without sweating, cough, nasal congestion, heavy voice, pale red tongue, thin white coating, and floating tight pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is commonly used for the common cold or influenza. In the formula, Ephedra disperses wind and dissipates cold, relieving the exterior pattern of the taiyang meridian; Cimicifuga Rhizome and Pueraria Root release the exterior and reduce fever to disperse the exterior pattern of the Yangming meridian; Perilla Leaf, Dahurian Angelica, and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome can disperse wind and dissipate cold; Dried Tangerine Peel and Cyperus move qi to relieve qi stagnation; Red Peony Root harmonizes yin during sweating; Liquorice Root tonifies qi, harmonizes the middle, and regulates the other herbs.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. external contraction wind-cold.
2. headache fever.
3. without sweating.
4. cough chest tightness.
5. nasal congestion.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. fever headache: add Asarum, Gypsum.
2. nasal congestion: add Magnolia, Cocklebur Fruit.
3. abdominal stuffiness and fullness, vomiting or diarrhea: add Chinese Mosla, Fortune Eupatorium, Atractylodes Rhizome.
4. chest tightness: add Submature Bitter Orange, Platycodon Root.
5. tidal fever: add Skullcap Root, Ophiopogon Tuber.
6. constipation: add Rhubarb Rhizoma, Mirabilite.
7. dysentery: add Submature Bitter Orange, Coptis Rhizome.
8. anorexia: add White Atractylodes Rhizome, Villous Amomum Fruit, Aucklandia Root.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Profuse sweating constitution contraindicated.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Common cold, epidemic common cold, headache, cough, chest tightness, and other symptoms.