【Source】

Shou Shi Bao Yuan

 【Ingredients】

Chai Hu (Bupleurum Root), Qian Hu (Peucedanum Root), Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root), Du Huo (Angelica Pubescens Root), Zhi Ke (Bitter Orange Peel), Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Rhizome), Jie Geng (Platycodon Root), Fu Ling (Poria), Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), Bo He (Peppermint)
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 【Categories】

<Regulate Qi>: Zhi Ke (Bitter Orange Peel)

<Tonify Spleen and Middle Jiao>: Gan Cao (Licorice Root)

<Acrid-Cool Exterior-Releasing Herbs>: Chai Hu (Bupleurum Root), Bo He (Peppermint)

<Acrid-Warm Exterior-Releasing Herbs>: Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger)

<Tonify Spleen and Promote Diuresis>: Fu Ling (Poria)

<Activate Blood and Dispel Stasis>: Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Rhizome)

<Dispel Wind-Dampness>: Du Huo (Angelica Pubescens Root)

<Resolve Phlegm>: Jie Geng (Platycodon Root), Qian Hu (Peucedanum Root)

【Functions】

Induces sweating to release the exterior, dispels wind, and removes dampness.

 【Indications】

Epidemic febrile diseases (Shanhang/Wenyi), wind-dampness, wind dizziness, spasms and contractures due to wind-phlegm, headache, dizziness, limb pain, aversion to cold with high fever, stiff neck, eye pain, or aversion to cold and cough, nasal congestion with heavy voice.

 【Applications】

Influenza, cough, headache.

 【Mnemonic】

“The two Angelicas play Erhu, just because their fate is thin and they are extremely poor, so they take dried preserved vegetables.” (This mnemonic helps remember the ingredients: Qiang Huo, Du Huo, Chai Hu, Qian Hu, Zhi Ke, Bo He, Jie Geng, Chuan Xiong, Fu Ling, Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang).