Classical antecedent: Yin Qiao San (Lonicera-Forsythia Powder).
Indications:
Aversion to cold, shivering, fever, body aches, headache, slight thirst, cough, sneezing, runny nose with slightly yellow discharge, sore throat, swollen tonsils, swollen glands, mumps, colds, influenza, hay fever.
Indications in Chinese Medicine:
Pattern: Invasion of Wind-Heat at the Defensive-Qi level.
Action: Release the Exterior, expel Wind-Heat.
Tongue: Red on the sides or front part.
Pulse: Floating-rapid.
Ingredients:
Bo He Herba Menthae haplocalycis Dan Dou Chi Semen Sojae preparatum Dan Zhu Ye Herba Lophateri Jing Jie Herba Schizonepetae Jin Yin Hua Flos Lonicerae japonicae Lian Qiao Fructus Forsythiae Jie Geng Radix Platycodi |
Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Niu Bang Zi Fructus Arctii Fang Feng Radix Saposhnikoviae Da Qing Ye Folium Daqingye Ju Hua Flos Chrysanthemi Xing Ren Semen Armeniacae Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae |
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1