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
  • Head and body aches
  • Nasal congestion
  • Coughing
  • Wheezing
  • Copious thin, white sputum
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Hoarseness
  • Chest distention
  • Gasping
  • Anhidrosis
  • Fullness in the chest
  • Sneezing
  • Distention and pain in the head
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin white
  • P: Superficial or Normal
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
+ 9g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
For Lung Heat:
+ 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ Gypsum
For headache, rhinitis and body aches:
For rheumatism and arthritis:
+ Rz. Atractylodis Bai Zhu
+ Sm. Coicis
+ Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For weak patients with a cold or the flu:
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
+ Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder
Xing Su San
For coughing with more External Cold symptoms: For coughing with dyspnea:
+ Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder
Xing Su San
+ Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder
Xing Su San
+ 10g Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi
+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi For coughing with symptoms of Internal Dampness:
For pneumonia:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder
Xing Su San
+ 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