Effect
Expelling wind pathogen and clearing away noxious heat.

Indications
Syndrome due to noxious heat in the head and face, marked by aversion to cold, fever, fedness and swelling and pain of the head and face, difficulty in opening eyes, throat disorder, dry tongue, thirst, reddened tongue with yellowish coating, and rapid forceful pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as epidemic parotitis, acute submaxillary lymphnoditis, Acute Tonsillitis, etc.

Ingredients
Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) parched with liquor 9 g.
Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian) parched with liquor 9 g,
Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) 6 g,
Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) 6 g.
Radix Scrophulariae (Xuanshen) 6 g,
Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) 6 g,
Radix Platycodi (Jiegeng) 6 g,
Fructus Forsythiae (Lianqiao) 3 g,
Radix Isatidis (Banlangen) 3 g,
?Ma Bo (Lasios phaera seu Calvatia) 3 g,
Fructus Arctii (Niubangzi) (Fructus Arctii) 3 g,
Herba Menthae (Bohe) 3 g,
Bombyx Batryticatusc (Baijiangcan) 2 g,
Rhizorna Cimicifugae (Shengma) 2 g.

Explanation
Huang Lian and Huang Qin: The principal drugs, being bitter in flavor and cold in nature and good at eliminating noxious heat in the head and face after being stir-fried with liquor.

Niu Bang Zi, Lian Qiao, Bo He and Jiang Can: Dispersing wind-heat pathogens in the upper –Jiao.

Xuan Shen, Ma Bo, Ban Lan Gen, Jie Geng and Gan Cao: Clearing away noxious heat in the throat, head and face.

Chen Pi: Regulating the flow of Qi to remove stasis.

Sheng Ma and Chai Hu: Expelling wind-heat and assisting all the other drugs in exerting their actions on the head and face.

Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken 3 times (Taken originally as a powder)