Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Relief Tablets，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，For common cold due to wind-cold, characterized by fever, headache, cough, thirst, and sore throat.
Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Relief Tablets
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Formulas Name : Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Relief Tablets
Chinese Name : 桑菊感冒片
Drug Formulation
800 liang of mulberry leaves, 320 liang of chrysanthemum flowers, 480 liang of forsythia, 640 liang of platycodon, 640 liang of apricot kernels, 640 liang of reed root, 256 liang of licorice, and 1 liang 2 qian 8 fen of peppermint ice.
Source
*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.
Processing
Take 512 liang of Platycodon root and grind it into a fine powder. Take the coarse powder of Platycodon root along with 7 times the amount of mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum flowers, and extract them using 60% ethanol via the percolation method; concentrate to a thick paste of approximately 320 liang.Press the almonds to remove the oil; take approximately 350 liang of almond cake and extract it twice by reflux with ethanol of 85% or higher, then concentrate to a paste of approximately 96 liang. Extract Forsythia and Reed Rhizome twice using the extraction method, combine the extracts, and concentrate to a thick paste of approximately 224 liang. Coarsely extract glycyrrhizic acid, mix the extracts, granulate, and tableting.
Benefits
For common cold due to wind-cold, characterized by fever, headache, cough, thirst, and sore throat.
Instructions for Use
Take 4–8 tablets per dose with warm water, twice daily.
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Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Relief Tablets,For common cold due to wind-cold, characterized by fever, headache, cough, thirst, and sore throat.