Formula
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Jie Biao Ji
解表劑 |
| Sub Category | Xin Liang
辛涼 |
| Name | Yin Qiao San
銀翹散 Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder |
| Pharma Effect | 1) Relieves heat, 2) anti-inflammatory, 3) acts as an anodyne, 4) anti-allergic, 5) has anti-viral propensities. |
| Function | Disperses wind-heat, clears heat, and relieves toxicity. |
| Clinic Usage | This formula is for early stages of a warm-febrile disease characterized by fever, slight or no sweating, headache, thirst, coughing, sore throat, a red-tipped tongue, a thin, white or thin, yellow tongue coating, and an erratic, rapid pulse and aversion |
| Cautions | This formula is a mixture of "cold" herbs that release the exterior. Modern practitioners often use it to treat influenza virus. |
