Honeysuckle–Forsythia–Puffball Powder
Ingredients
- Honeysuckle (jinyinhua) appropriate amount
- Forsythia (lianqiao) appropriate amount
- Puffball (mabo) appropriate amount
- Burdock seed (niubangzi) appropriate amount
Principle
From Warm Disease Discrimination: honeysuckle and forsythia clear heat and resolve toxin; puffball benefits throat and reduces swelling; burdock disperses wind-heat—for heat evil attacking the throat.
Effects & uses
Suitable for acute pharyngitis or acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis with red throat, sore throat, follicular hyperplasia, enlarged tonsils—requires physician differentiation.
Method
- Water decoct, one dose daily (specific doses require physician).
How to use
- Warm in divided doses as directed.
Caution
Requires syndrome differentiation; use cautiously with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold. Not a substitute for standard treatment.
Source
Master physician Wu Bingcai experience; compiled via China Biomedical Literature Service System. To be manually verified.