bubble_chart Efficacy

Diffusing lung to downbear counterflow, relieving cough and calming panting.

bubble_chart Indications

Cough and wheezing, chest tightness, clear and thin white phlegm, no thirst, accompanied by aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweating, thin white tongue coating, and a floating and tight pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is suitable for panting and coughing caused by wind-cold external invasion and lung failure to diffuse and descend. In the formula, Ephedra is bitter, acrid, and warm, excelling in ventilating the lung and relieving panting, inducing sweating to release the exterior, serving as the sovereign; Bitter Apricot Seed diffuses and descends lung qi, stops coughing, and calms panting, paired with Ephedra to enhance the effect of stopping coughing and calming panting; Magnolia Bark downbears counterflow and relieves panting, together with Bitter Apricot Seed serving as the ministers. Cultivated purple perilla leaf is acrid and warm, dispersing cold and releasing the exterior; Bupleurum is slightly bitter, acrid, and cold, expelling pathogens through the exterior and draining heat, assisting Ephedra in dispersing and expelling pathogens; Dried Tangerine Peel dries dampness and resolves phlegm, regulates qi and invigorates the spleen, assisting Bitter Apricot Seed in resolving phlegm and relieving cough, serving as the assistants; Liquorice Root is sweet and neutral, tonifying qi and harmonizing the various herbs, serving as the envoy.

1. Cough with wheezing.
2. Sputum is white and thin.
3. Fever and chills without sweating.
4. Thin white tongue coating.
5. Floating and tight pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. For severe panting: add cultivated purple perilla fruit, Peucedanum.
2. For excessive phlegm: add Pinellia, white mustard seed, Bile Arisaema.
3. For severe chest tightness: add Submature Bitter Orange, Platycodon Root, cultivated purple perilla stem.
4. For those with interior heat and thirst: add Gypsum, Anemarrhena.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

1. Patients with exterior deficiency, spontaneous sweating, and deficiency of yin-yang, qi, and blood are prohibited from use.
2. Avoid consuming raw, cold, and greasy foods.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, lung qi swelling, chronic panting, cough.