HERB FORMULAS
| English: | Three-Unbinding Decoction |
| Also Known As: | Ma Huang, Licorice and Apricot Seed Combination San Niu Tang |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin | Dosage |
Actions |
| Hb. Ephedrae | Ma Huang | 3-9g | Releases the exterior, disperses Cold, moves Lung Qi and stops wheezing. With Xing Ren, for Wind-Cold cough and wheezing. |
| Sm. Armeniacae | Xing Ren | 3-9g | Stops cough and wheezing. |
| Rx. Glycyrrhizae | Gan Cao | 3-6g | Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough and moderates and harmonizes the properties of other herbs. |
- Spreads Lung Qi
- Releases the Exterior
- Externally contracted Wind Cold
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| CONTRAINDICATIONS |
| HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
| For severe Wind-Cold: | For Excess thick, difficult to expectorate sputum: | ||
| + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | + 12g Per. Trichosanthis | Gua Lou Pi |
| or | + 12g Sm. Benincasae |
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| + 9g Hb. Schizonepetae | Jing Jie | For Lung Heat: |
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| + 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae | Fang Feng | + Gypsum |
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| For headache, rhinitis and body aches: | For rheumatism and arthritis: |
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| + Rz. Atractylodis | Bai Zhu | + Sm. Coicis |
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| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | For weak patients with a cold or the flu: |
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| For colds and flu: | + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata | Zhi Fu Zi | |
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | For fevers with thirst: | |
| For fever with acute itching: | + Gypsum | Shi Gao | |
+ Cinnamon Combination Gui Zhi Tang |
+ Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | |
| For the beginning cough stage of pertussis: | + Rz. Zingiberis | Sheng Jiang | |
+ Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction Sang Ju Yin |
+ Fr. Jujube | Da Zao | |
| For coughing: | |||
+ Powder of Natural Indigo and Cyclina Dai Ge San |
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| For coughing with more External Cold symptoms: | For coughing with dyspnea: | ||
| + 10g Fr. Perillae | Zi Su Zi | ||
| + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | For coughing with symptoms of Internal Dampness: | |
| For pneumonia: | |||
| - Rx. Glycyrrhizae | Gan Cao | ||
| + 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum | Zhi Ban Xia | ||
| + 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po | ||
| + 9g Fr. Perillae | Zi Su Zi | ||
| + 9g Sm. Raphani | Lai Fu Zi | + 10g Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu |
| + 9g Sm. Sinapis | Bai Jie Zi | + 15g Sm. Coicis | Yi Yi Ren |
| + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi | For pneumonia with cold extremities and a slimy tongue coat: | |
| - Rx. Glycyrrhizae | Gan Cao | ||
| + 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum | Zhi Ban Xia | ||
| + 9g Fr. Perillae | Zi Su Zi | ||
| + 9g Sm. Raphani | Lai Fu Zi | ||
| + 9g Sm. Sinapis | Bai Jie Zi | ||
| + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi | ||
| + 6g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata | Zhi Fu Zi | ||
| + 3g Hb. Asari | Xi Xin | ||