Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For headache and fever due to cold damage, aversion to wind and chills, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, cough with clear nasal discharge, copious white, slippery, and thin phlegm; or spontaneous sweating with severe coughing; or absence of sweating with wheezing; with a thin, white, and slippery tongue coating, or even a white, slippery, and greasy coating.
Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction
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Formulas Name : Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction
Chinese Name : 疏风止嗽汤
Drug Formulation
Schizonepeta spikelets 1.5 qian, Perilla and Peppermint 1 qian, Polished Apricot Kernels 2 qian, Dried Tangerine Peel Kernels 0.8 fen, Stemona 1.5 qian, Lightly Roasted Licorice 0.6 fen, Aster 2 qian, White Front 1.5 qian.
Source
From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.
Benefits
For headache and fever due to cold damage, aversion to wind and chills, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, cough with clear nasal discharge, copious white, slippery, and thin phlegm; or spontaneous sweating with severe coughing; or absence of sweating with wheezing; with a thin, white, and slippery tongue coating, or even a white, slippery, and greasy coating.
Instructions for Use
Decoct in water and take orally.
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Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction,For headache and fever due to cold damage, aversion to wind and chills, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, cough with clear nasal discharge, copious white, slippery, and thin phlegm; or spontaneous sweating with severe coughing; or absence of sweating with wheezing; with a thin, white, and slippery tongue coating, or even a white, slippery, and greasy coating.