Water Chestnut Grass Cold-Dispelling Formula
Ingredients
- Water chestnut grass (maticao) 10g
- Cold-dispelling grass (sanhancao) 10g
- Inula flower (jinfeicao) 10g
- Chenpi 5g
- Aster (ziwan) 6g
- Cynanchum stauntonii (baiqian) 5g
- Qingming fruit 15g
- Licorice 2g
Principle
Water chestnut grass and cold-dispelling herbs warm and transform cold phlegm, with chenpi, ziwan, baiqian, and others diffusing lung and descending qi.
Effects & uses
For cold asthma and cold-phlegm cough per published folk formulas (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Decoct all herbs in water; strain the liquid.
How to use
- Take warm as a decoction; dose and course per physician.
Caution
Not for heat asthma or yin deficiency dry cough. Not a substitute for standard treatment.
Source
Single Prescriptions for Common Pediatric Diseases; public literature compilation. To be manually verified.