Uses: wind-heat type of influenza with following syndromes

High fever with some chill, some sweating, headache, cough, some thick sticky phlegm, some case with sore swollen throat, thirsty and with desire to drink water, red tongue, thin and yellow fur on tongue, floating and rapid pulse.

Prescription:

jin yin hua 3 qian, lian qiao 3 qian, niu bang zi 2 qian, jie geng 2 qian, gan cao 1 qian, mao gen 1 liang,  zhu ye 3 qian, bo he (mint) 2 qian (put in at the last moment)

Boil with 1,200 cc of water and simmer down to 500 cc and add bo he to the decoction and simmer another half minute. Drink while warm. Dress warm to help sweating.

Adjustment:

• With cough, add xing ren 3 qian, qian hu 2 qian.

• With thirst, add tian hua fen 4 qian.

• With sore throat, and swollen tonsils, add xuan shen 3 qian, she gan 3 qian, ma bo 3 qian.

• With lack of appetite, add lai fu zi 3 qian, mai ya 3 qian.

• With thick yellow fur on tongue, add shi gao 1 liang.

• With constipation, add da huang 3 qian.

Note:

Do not use ma bo when loss of voice due to wind cold.

The syndrome of wind cold type of cold is: clear mucus, afraid of cold temperature, pale tongue with thin fur, floating and tight pulse.

qian = 3.75 g    liang = 37.5 g  (old measurement, being used in this formula)

Warning: Some prepackaged yin qiao san may contain modern drug.

其症狀包括: 發熱較重，稍有惡寒，有汗不多，頭痛 ，咳嗽，痰少而黏稠，或咽喉腫痛，口乾欲飲，舌尖與邊紅，苔薄黃，脈浮數。治宜辛涼解表，常用銀翹散加減

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• 咳嗽加杏仁三錢﹐前 胡二 錢﹐

• 口渴加天 花粉四錢，

• 咽喉痛﹐扁桃體發炎加玄 參三錢， 射干三 錢,  馬勃三 錢。 ,

• 食慾不振加萊菔子三錢﹐麥 芽三錢，

• 舌苔黃厚加石 膏一兩，

• 大便秘結加 大 黃三錢。

注 意 ﹕ 風 寒 失 聲 者 忌 用 馬勃。

風寒臨床表現為：清鼻涕、怕冷、舌苔薄白、舌質偏淡 、脈搏浮緊等。