【Source】

《Yī Fāng Jí Jiě (Collection of Medical Formulas)》

 【Ingredients】

Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root), Du Huo (Angelica Pubescens Root), Chai Hu (Bupleurum Root), Qian Hu (Peucedanum Root), Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Rhizome), Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower), Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit), Zhi Ke (Bitter Orange Peel), Fu Ling (Poria Mushroom), Jie Geng (Platycodon Root), Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), Bo He (Peppermint)
(13 ingredients)

 【Categorization】

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

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

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

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

<Tonifying Spleen and Promoting Diuresis>: Fu Ling (Poria Mushroom)

<Activating Blood and Dispelling Stasis>: Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Rhizome)

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

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

<Clearing Heat and Resolving Toxicity>: Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower), Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)

【Functions】

Releasing the Exterior and Clearing Heat, Reducing Swelling and Resolving Toxicity, Dispelling Wind-Heat.

 【Indications】

Toxic sores, initial stages of common cold or influenza, aversion to cold, fever, general body aches, headache, cough, difficult expectoration, and anhidrosis (lack of sweating).

 【Mnemonic】

Bai Du San (Antidote Powder) + Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower), Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit). Bai Du San (Antidote Powder): “Two Huos play erhu, merely because life was meager and poor, they took dried pickled vegetables.” (Qiang Huo, Du Huo, Chai Hu, Qian Hu, Zhi Ke, Bo He, Jie Geng, Chuan Xiong, Fu Ling, Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang).