HERB FORMULAS

XING SU SAN - 杏蘇散 - APRICOT KERNAL AND PERILLA POWDER

English: Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder
Also Known As: Powder of Apricot Seed and Perilla
Apricot Seed and Perilla Formula

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren 6-10g Disperses the Lungs, resolves Phlegm and stops coughing and wheezing.
With Zi Su Ye, Zhi Ban Xia and Fu Ling, for a dry cough due to Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs.
Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye 3-9g Releases the exterior, disperses Cold and improves the Lung function.
 With Jie Geng, Xing Ren and Qian Hu, for common colds with a productive cough and congested nasal passages.
With Jie Geng and Zhi Ke, eases the diaphragm and Intestines.
Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu 6-9g Descends Qi, disperses Wind-Heat and expels Phlegm.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 1-10g Disperses the Lungs, stops coughing, resolves Phlegm, descends Qi and directs the actions of the formula to the upper body.
With Zi Su Ye and Xing Ren, for a productive cough with clear, frothy sputum due to Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs.
With Gan Cao, disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, resolves toxicity,and expels pus for a productive cough with hoarseness, pain and swelling of the throat due to Wind-Heat.
With Zi Su Ye, Xing Ren and Chen Pi, for a productive cough with clear, bubbly sputum, nasal congestion, chills and a headache due to Wind-Cold Invading the Lungs.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for coughing due to Wind-Cold Invasion or long-standing Phlegm-Dampness.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 3-10g Moves Qi and expands the chest.
With Jie Geng, regulates the flow of Qi in the chest and aids in the transformation of Phlegm for chest congestion.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 3-6g Tonifies the Spleen, descends Qi, regulates the Middle Jiao, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Sheng Jiang, for vomiting and hiccups due to Disharmony of the Stomach Qi and Cold-Dampness Obstructing the Middle with nausea and hiccup.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.
With Zhi Ban Xia and Fu Ling, for cough due to accumulation of Dampness and Phlegm.
Poria Fu Ling 9-12g Strengthens the Spleen, transforms Phlegm and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Gan Cao, for Spleen and Heart Deficiencies causing facial edema, palpitations and shortness of breath.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 6-10g Dries Dampness and resolves Phlegm.
With Zhi Ban Xia, expels Phlegm and stops nausea and vomiting, hiccups, coughs with clear, profuse Phlegm and loose and watery stools and treats Phlegm, thin mucus and turbid Dampness.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 1-6g Disperses Cold, releases the exterior, stops cough, warms the middle and regulates Wei Qi.
With Da Zao, Prevents Phlegm accumulation and treats Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for a productive cough due to Phlegm-Dampness.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 1-6g Strengthens the Spleen, tonifies Qi regulates Ying Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs .
With Sheng Jiang, regulates Ying and Wei.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 1-6g Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops coughing and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Mildly Disperses Cool Dryness
  • Disperses the Lung Qi
  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Transforms thin mucus
  • Soothes the Lungs
  • Stops coughing

SYNDROMES

  • Mild Wind-Cold with Dryness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Itching or tickling in the throat
  • Blocked or stuffy nose
  • Sneezing
  • General body aches
  • Coughing with expectoration of thin, watery or frothy white sputum
  • Dry nasal passages
  • Chills with low grade fever
  • Slight headache
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Nausea
  • Drooling
  • Vomiting
  • Dry throat
  • No thirst
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Anhidrosis
  • Maybe asthma
  • Nasal congestion
  • Sticky nasal discharge
  • Sore throat
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin, white and dry
  • P: Superficial and wiry or Tight or Wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Warm-Dryness or Wind-Heat.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe headache: For cough with excess sputum:
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng + More Poria Fu Ling
+ Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + More Per. Citri Reticulate Chen Pi
For frontal or supraorbital headache:
+ More Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Rx. Angelica Dahuricae Bai Zhi
or
For anhidrosis with a tight or wiry pulse:
 + Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
+ Rz. and Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Hou + Bulb. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
For diarrhea and abdominal fullness:
For severe aversion to Cold:
+ Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai
+ Cx. Magnolia Officinalis Hou Po + Sm. Sojae Preparata Dan Dou Chi
For pronounced fever (do not use in case of diarrhea with abdominal fullness):
For headache:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rz. et Rx. Ligustici Gao Ben
For more Heat or fever:
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
For thirst and a dry mouth:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
For more Exterior Wind-Cold:
 + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
For a severe cough:
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing JIe + Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
For a constant cough after perspiration:
+ Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
- Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
or
+ Caulis Perillae Zi Su Geng + Mel Feng Mi
For cough and dyspnea due to Wind-Cold Invasion:
+ 9g Stir-fried Rx. Ephedrae Chao Ma Huang
+ Arrest Wheezing Decoction
Ding Chuan Tang
For a severe itchy throat and aversion to Cold:
+ 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
For diarrhea and abdominal fullness:
+6g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For nasal congestion with a runny nose:
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + 3g Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ 9g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi
For scanty sputum:
For Wind-Cold-Dampness with chest oppression and epigastric fullness and profuse Phlegm:
- Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
- Poria Fu Ling + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For cough:
For cough due to Wind-Cold
- Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Arrest Wheezing Decoction
Ding Chuan Tang
- Poria Fu Ling
- Rz. Zingiberis Sheng Jiang
For a productive cough with Phlegm:
- Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ Two-Cured Decoction
Er Chen Tang
+ 15g Rx. Adenophorae/ Glehniae Sha Shen
For nausea and vomiting:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ 12g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
For extra moistening:
+ 12g Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ 9g Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu + Rx. Glehniae/ Adenophorae Sha Shen
For Qi Deficiency with weakness of the body:
For Dry pathogens damaging Fluids and transforming into Heat:
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
For a cough with dyspnea:
- Poria Fu Ling - Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
- Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke - Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ 9g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao - Rz. Zingiberis Sheng Jiang
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 9g. Bul. Lilii Bai He + 9g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
For a cough due to Phlegm:
+ 6g Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
+ Two-Cured Decoction
Er Chan Tang
+ 10g Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
or
For aversion to Wind and Cold:
+ Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi
- Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Sm. Descuraniae/ Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ 6g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
For aversion to Wind and Cold with Dryness turning into Heat:
For coughing: - Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
- Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For coughing with dyspnea: - Poria Fu Ling
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
 + 6g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ 10g Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi + 9g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
For coughing with more External Cold symptoms: + 9g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
9g Bul. Lilii Bai He
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
 For coughing with symptoms of Internal Dampness:
+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
For a sore, swollen throat:
+ 10g Bombyx Batryticatus Jian Can + 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 10g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui + 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 15g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
For a sore, swollen throat with a fever: For a sore, swollen throat with thirst or a dry mouth:
+ 10g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 10g Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma + 10g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
For a sore, swollen throat with a headache: + 10g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 10g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong For a sore, swollen throat with itching and a dry cough:
+ 10g Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi
    + 10g Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
    + 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu