3-5 stalks of fresh green onions, 3-4.5 grams of bitter platycodon, 6-9 grams of charred gardenia, 9-15 grams of light fermented soybeans, 3-4.5 grams of peppermint, 4.5-6 grams of forsythia, 2-2.5 grams of raw licorice, and 30 fresh bamboo leaves.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

decocted in water for administration .

bubble_chart Efficacy

Releasing exterior with pungent-cool, dispersing wind and clearing heat.

bubble_chart Indications

Wind-warmth, initial onset of wind-heat, headache, body heat, slight chills without sweating, or minimal sweating, cough, dry throat, irritability, thirst, red tip of the tongue, thin yellow coating, floating and rapid pulse. Currently used for common cold and epidemic common cold presenting the above symptoms.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Fistular Onion Stalk and Fermented Soybean act as the monarch herbs to release the flesh and effuse the exterior, dispersing wind and expelling pathogens. Mentha and Platycodon Root serve as minister herbs to disperse wind and clear heat, while Forsythia and Gardenia clear heat and remove toxins. Liquorice Root, combined with Platycodon Root, benefits the throat, and Lophatherum Herb resolves depression and discharges heat, acting as assistant and envoy herbs. Together, these herbs synergistically achieve the effects of releasing the exterior with pungent-cool properties, dispersing wind, and clearing heat.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

For throat obstruction and sore throat, add 2 Purple Gold Troch (ground and infused) and 9g of Dyers Woad; for chest stuffiness, remove Liquorice Root from the original prescription and add 6g of raw Submature Bitter Orange and 2.4g of white cardamom powder; for severe cough with excessive phlegm, add 9g of Bitter Apricot Seed and 4.5g of red tangerine exocarp; for epistaxis, add 12g of raw Platycladus and 50 fresh reed rhizomes.