WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

SOURCE: Formulae of Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary

[INGREDIENTS]:

Nutgrass flatsedge rhizome 20g, Perilla leaf 20g, Tangerine peel 60g, Roasted licorice 30g

[DIRECTIONS]: Grinding the above herbs into rough powder and each time de­cocting 9 gram in water for oral administration. If the above herbs are ground into fine powder, 6 gram is enough.

[EFFECT]:Regulating qi to relieve the exterior.

[INDICATIONS]: Exogenous attack of wind and cold with internal stagnation of qi marked by chill, fever, headache, absence of sweat, stuffiness and fullness of chest and epigastrium, poor appetite, thin and white coating.

[ANALYSIS OF FORMULA]: This is a representative formula for regulating qi to relieve the exterior. Perilla leaf has pungent flavor and warm nature. It is the main herb to relieve the exterior and regulate qi for harmonizing the middle. With pungent and bitter flavors and warm nature, acting as the assistant herb, nutgrass flatsedge rhizome is the key herb for soothing the liver qi to relieve stagnation. Be­ing similar in nature to nutgrass flavsedge rlizome, tangerine peel regulates qi to strengthen spleen and dry dampness for harmonizing stomach, acting as the adju­vant herb. Licorice is the dispatcher herb to harmonize all components of the for­mula.

In the present clinic, this formula is often used to treat influenza of gastroin­testinal type pertaining to the exogenous attack of wind and cold with qi stagna­tion.

ASSOCIATED FORMULAE:

(1)     Modified Cyperus and Perilla Powder (ja wei xiang su san)，(Under­standings of Medicine):

Perilla leaf 5g, tangerine peel 5g, nutgrass flatsedge rhizome 4g, Roasted lico­rice root 2. 5g, schizonepeta 3g, large-leaf gentian root 3g, ledebouriella root 3g， chastetree fruit 3g, chuanxiong rhizome 1. 5g, fresh ginger 3 pcs.

The above herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration. It in­duce perspiration for relieving the exterior, so it is applied to seasonal exogenous attack manifested by headache with stiff neck, stuffy nose with discharge, pain of body, fever with chill or aversion to wind, absence of sweat, thin and white coat­ing, floating pulse.

(2)     Ginseng and Perilla Decoction (shen su yin)，(Formulae of Peaceful Be­nevolent Dispensary):

Ginseng 22g, perilla leaf 22g，pueraria root 22g，peucedanum root 22g, pinellia tuber 22g, poria 22g, tangerine peel 15g, licorice 15g, platycodon root 15g，bitter orange 15g, aucklandia root 15g.

Grinding the above herbs into powder. Each time only 12 gram is decocted in water with seven slices of fresh ginger and one Chinese date for oral use. It is indi­cated to exogenous attack of wind and cold with interior phlegm and fluid-reten-