Ten-Ingredient Qiangfang Powder，*Thirteen Essays on Medicine*, Volume 3.，For wind-cold common colds during the three winter months, as well as for treating irregular cold and cool pathogenic factors at any time of year, presenting with headache, body aches, aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweat or sweat that fails to break through, a white and slippery or pale yellow non-putrid tongue coating, chest discomfort that may or may not be present, appetite that may or may not be present, a pulse that is floating, slow, rapid, or tight, urine that is white or pale yellow and not turbid, and bowel movements that may or may not occur.
Ten-Ingredient Qiangfang Powder
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Formulas Name : Ten-Ingredient Qiangfang Powder
Chinese Name : 十味羌防散
Drug Formulation
Qianghuo 1 qian, Fangfeng 1 qian, Yun Poria 3 qian, Fried Licorice 0.5 fen, Processed Pinellia 1.5 qian, Dried Tangerine Peel 1 qian, Trifoliate Orange Peel 1 qian, Chuanxiong 1 qian, Atractylodes 1.5 qian, Platycodon 1 qian, Fresh Ginger 1 slice, Green Onion White 1 stalk.
Source
*Thirteen Essays on Medicine*, Volume 3.
Benefits
For wind-cold common colds during the three winter months, as well as for treating irregular cold and cool pathogenic factors at any time of year, presenting with headache, body aches, aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweat or sweat that fails to break through, a white and slippery or pale yellow non-putrid tongue coating, chest discomfort that may or may not be present, appetite that may or may not be present, a pulse that is floating, slow, rapid, or tight, urine that is white or pale yellow and not turbid, and bowel movements that may or may not occur.
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Ten-Ingredient Qiangfang Powder,For wind-cold common colds during the three winter months, as well as for treating irregular cold and cool pathogenic factors at any time of year, presenting with headache, body aches, aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweat or sweat that fails to break through, a white and slippery or pale yellow non-putrid tongue coating, chest discomfort that may or may not be present, appetite that may or may not be present, a pulse that is floating, slow, rapid, or tight, urine that is white or pale yellow and not turbid, and bowel movements that may or may not occur.