| formula | Cough-Quieting Pill Ning Sou Wan |
| source | Selected Compilation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions |
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing the lung and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and calming asthma.
Common cold with wind-cold symptoms, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, fever, phlegm, cough, wheezing, qi counterflow, sneezing, aversion to wind, dry throat and mouth, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
This formula is a wonderful remedy for relieving cough and calming the throat, a sacred medicine for dispersing phlegm and reducing inflammation, effective for various types of cough when taken regularly over time. The ingredients include Dried Tangerine Peel, Poria, Platycodon Root, Fritillaria Bulb, White Mulberry Root-Bark, Bitter Apricot Seed, all of which are phlegm-removing agents, with functions such as clearing the lungs, reducing heat, resolving phlegm, and calming cough; perilla fruit suppresses cough and relieves asthma, descending qi and dispersing phlegm; Pineilia stops vomiting, removes phlegm, and calms; Mentha disperses external pathogens; Dendrobium eliminates deficiency heat from the spleen and stomach, and regulates gastrointestinal function; Liquorice Root harmonizes all the ingredients, and when combined, they work together to clear and moisten, resolve phlegm, nourish the stomach, and calm cough and asthma.
bubble_chart Formula Modificationbubble_chart Modern Application
Various coughs, common cold with phlegm, bronchitis, acute and chronic bronchitis cough.