White Poria (peeled), Sichuan Magnolia Bark (peeled, ginger-fried), Perilla Stem, Pinellia (ginger juice-fried), Tangerine Peel, Green Tangerine Peel, Immature Bitter Orange, Amomum Fruit, Arisaema (ginger juice-fried), Medicated Leaven (stir-fried), each 3 gm; White Cardamom, Areca Seed, Alpinia Oxyphylla, each 1.5 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take one dose of the above. Add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water, and take before sleep.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulating qi and resolving phlegm.

bubble_chart Indications

Qi depression leads to phlegm production, which may feel like a plum pit or a piece of broken cotton in the throat, difficult to expectorate or swallow; or it may cause gastric stuffiness and discomfort; or it may result in excessive phlegm and abnormal rising of qi, leading to wheezing and breathlessness; or it may cause nausea and vomiting due to phlegm-fluid retention.