bubble_chart Efficacy

Promote sweating to dispel dampness and simultaneously clear internal heat.

bubble_chart Indications

External contraction wind-cold pattern of exogenous pathogenic dampness. Symptoms include aversion to cold with fever, absence of sweating, headache, soreness and pain in the limbs, bitter taste in the mouth with thirst, thin white tongue coating, and a floating, tight pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is indicated for external contraction of wind-cold and dampness invading the exterior, with internal accumulation of heat. In the formula, Notopterygium is acrid, bitter, and warm in nature, inducing sweating to release the exterior, dispelling wind, eliminating dampness, and relieving pain, serving as the sovereign medicinal. Saposhnikovia Root and Atractylodes Rhizome assist the sovereign medicinal in enhancing the effects of inducing sweating and dispelling dampness. Asarum, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, and Dahurian Angelica disperse wind-cold, promote the movement of qi and blood, and alleviate headache and body pain. Skullcap Root and Unprocessed Rehmannia Root clear and purge internal heat, while also moderating the drying effects of the acrid and warm medicinals to prevent damage to body fluids, serving as assistant medicinals. Liquorice Root harmonizes the various medicinals and acts as the guiding medicinal.

1. aversion to cold with fever.
2. limb aching pain.
3. bitter taste in mouth.
4. thin white coating.
5. floating and tight pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Heavy dampness and chest fullness: add Magnolia Bark, Submature Bitter Orange, Fortune Eupatorium.
2. Cough and wheezing: add Bitter Apricot Seed, Aster, Coltsfoot Flower.
3. Severe interior heat: add Coptis Rhizome, Anemarrhena.
4. Severe headache: add Chastetree Fruit, Chinese Lovage.
5. Aversion to cold and high fever: add Cinnamon Twig, Bupleurum.
6. Simultaneous sweating and purging: add Rhubarb Rhizoma.
7. Severe heat: add Gypsum, Anemarrhena.
8. Severe exterior heat: add Lonicera, Forsythia.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Those with weak qi due to yin deficiency should avoid use.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Common cold, epidemic common cold, acute urticaria, wind-dampness arthritis.