Effect
Clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, relieving stuffiness in the chest, dispersing
stagnancy.
Indications
Syndrome due to combination of phlegm and heat, marked by fullness and tenderness in
the chest and epigastric region, or cough with yellowish thick sputum, yellowish
greasy tongue coating, and slippery rapid or floating rapid pulse; including such
diseases with the above symptoms as pleuritis, intercostal neuralgia, bronchitis,
pneumonia, acute and chronic gastritis and cholecystitis.
Ingredients
Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian) 6 g,
Rhizoma Pinelliae (Banxia) 12 g,
Fructus Trichosanthis (Gualou)">Fructus Trichosanthis (Gualou) 30 g.
Explanation
Gua Lou: The principal drug, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, relieving
stuffiness in the chest, dispersing stagnancy.
Huang Lian: Clearing away heat and purging fire.
Ban Xia: Checking upward adverse flow of Qi, regulating the stomach, resolving phlegm.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.