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Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm

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Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm,Chest constriction due to cold damage, accompanied by phlegm, heat, and qi stagnation, as well as coughing and loss of voice.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm

Chinese Name : 解热化痰汤

Drug Formulation

Perilla Seed, White Mustard Seed, Bitter Orange Fruit, Coptis, Platycodon, Scutellaria, Trichosanthes Seed, Gypsum, Apricot Kernel, Black Plum, Phellodendron.

Source

From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.

Processing

Crush the above ingredients into one dose.

Benefits

Chest constriction due to cold damage, accompanied by phlegm, heat, and qi stagnation, as well as coughing and loss of voice.

Instructions for Use

Add 1 slice of fresh ginger, decoct in water, and take while warm.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.,Chest constriction due to cold damage, accompanied by phlegm, heat, and qi stagnation, as well as coughing and loss of voice.

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