Ephedra (soaked), Aconite (raw), Asarum, Zanthoxylum, Alum (raw), Gleditsia sinensis (peeled, string removed, butter-roasted), Pinellia ternata, Arisaema cum Bile, Apricot kernel (with double kernels removed, used with skin and tip), Licorice (raw), each 30 gm; Aster tataricus, Tussilago farfara, each 60 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind into a fine powder, mix with ginger juice and Shenqu powder, and form into pills using a paste. Each time an episode occurs, take 6 grams with ginger decoction before sleep, and 3 grams for the weak. Additionally, apply Wangjian plaster to the Feishu acupoint. After taking, stubborn phlegm may be expelled, and the chest and diaphragm will naturally feel relieved. After taking for several days, regulate with spleen and lung tonics. When the episode recurs, take as before.

bubble_chart Indications

Asthma cough, triggered by cold, with stubborn phlegm accumulation, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness, qi counterflow preventing lying down.