HERB FORMULAS

INFLUENZA #3

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 30g Disperses Wind, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
With Lian Qiao and Niu Bang Zi , for Wei Stage and Qi Stage Heat and pneumonia with Heat signs.
With Lian Qiao, Jie Geng, Ban Lan Gen and Niu Bang Zi, for pain and swelling of the throat.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 15g Disperses Wind, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
With Niu Bang Zi, for Wei Stage Heat.
With Jin Yin Hua, for Initial stage Wind-Heat.
Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen 30g Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and benefits the throat.
Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen 20g Discharges Exterior conditions, releases the muscles especially of the neck and upper back, relieves Heat, generates fluids and relieves thirst.
Fol. Mori Sang Ye 10g Disperses and scatters Wind-Heat, clears Heat from the Lungs, stops coughing and moistens Dryness.
With Ju Hua, for Wind-Heat induced cough, eye redness, swelling, fever, headache, sore throat and pain.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua 10g Disperses Wind, clears Heat and detoxifies.
With Ban Lan Gen, for Wind-Heat with a sore throat.
Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi 12g Disperses Wind-Heat, benefits the throat, relieves Heat and toxins, and spreads Lung Qi.
With Jie Geng, for throat inflammation and productive cough due to Wind-Heat.
With Lian Qiao, unblocks and drains Heat toxin and disperses clumps and swellings, for a sore, swollen throat.
Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye 10g Generates Fluids, alleviates thirst and clears Heat.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 3-12g Disperses the Lungs, stops cough, resolves Phlegm and descends Qi.
With Sang Ye and Ju Hua, for Wind-Heat coughing with a mild fever and thirst.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Releases the Exterior
  • Clears Heat
  • Regulates the throat

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat Attacking the Lungs

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Inflammation of throat and/or tongue
  • Fever and chills with more fever than chills
  • Sweating or
  • Absence of sweating
  • Cough with sticky yellow sputum
  • Aversion to Wind and Heat
  • Yellow nasal discharge
  • Thirst with desire for cold drinks
  • Headache
  • General bodily soreness and malaise
  • Throat is red
  • The tonsils are swollen and engorged but without any particular pus spots
  • Red bumps around mouth and lips (herpes simplex)
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Sore, swollen throat
  • Dyspnea
  • Chest pain
  • Dry mouth
  • Rapid breathing
  • Maybe constipation
  • Maybe scanty urine
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Floating and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a high fever: For a severe cough:
+ 30g Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao + 10g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
For a sore throat: + 10 Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ 10g Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen
For epistaxis:
+ 10g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen + 30g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
For alternating fever and chills with nausea and vomiting: For a weak constitution profuse sweating:
+ 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu With Summerheat and Damp:
+ 12g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru
+ 10g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 20g Six One Powder Liu Yi San