Class: Release the Exterior
Subclass: Disperse Wind-Cold
Actions:
Disperses Wind-Cold-Damp
Strengthens Qi
Supports the Yang
Indications:
Externally Wind-Cold-Damp battling the body's deficient Normal Qi, which is unable to expel the pathogenic influences.
Possible symptoms and diseases:
Aversion to cold
Fullness of the stomach
Headache
High fever
Nasal congestion
Need to be well covered
No sweating
Painful muscles
Productive cough
Rheumatism
Pain of the extremities
Pale tongue, greasy-white coating
Weak-Floating pulse (Ruo Fu)
Preparation:
POWDER: The source text advises to cook 6 g together with a small amount of Sheng Jiang and peppermint.
DECOCTION: 40-50 g/litre until 40 cl remain.
Contraindications:
Patient with robust constitution, without interior Deficiency
Heat conditions
Internal Wind