Cold and Heat-Clearing Granules

Cold and Heat-Clearing Granules,For wind-cold common cold characterized by headache, fever, chills, body aches, clear nasal discharge, and dry throat with cough.

Formulas Name : Cold and Heat-Clearing Granules

Chinese Name : 感冒清热冲剂

Drug Formulation

200 g Schizonepeta spikelets, 60 g Peppermint, 100 g Saposhnikovia root, 100 g Bupleurum root, 60 g Perilla leaves, 100 g Pueraria root, 60 g Platycodon root, 80 g Bitter Apricot Kernels, 60 g Angelica dahurica root, 200 g Bitter Groundsel, 160 g Reed root.

Source

Part I of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.

Processing

Extract the essential oils from Schizonepeta spikelets, Peppermint, and Perilla leaves; collect the aqueous solution remaining after distillation in a separate vessel. Decoct the herbal residue and the remaining eight ingredients in water twice, for 1.5 hours each time. Combine the decoctions, filter them, and mix the filtrate with the previously collected aqueous solution. Concentrate the mixture to a clear paste with a relative density of 1.35–1.38 (at 50–60°C).Take 1 part of the clear paste, 3 parts of sucrose, 1 part of dextrin, and an appropriate amount of ethanol to form granules; dry them, then add the aforementioned essential oils from Schizonepeta spikelets and other ingredients and mix thoroughly to obtain the final product; each packet contains 12 g.

Benefits

For wind-cold common cold characterized by headache, fever, chills, body aches, clear nasal discharge, and dry throat with cough.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 g each time, dissolved in hot water, twice daily.

Cold and Heat-Clearing Granules,Part I of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.,For wind-cold common cold characterized by headache, fever, chills, body aches, clear nasal discharge, and dry throat with cough.

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