Cong Chi Tang

Ingredients

Dan Dou Chi

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Dan Dou Chi

Cong Bai

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Cong Bai

Dosages:

1. : Cong Bai (9-12g)
2. : Dan Dou Chi (12-30g)

Actions:

1. Unblock the Yang Qi in the exterior
2. Induce sweating

Indications:

Mild fever and slight chills without sweating, headache, stuffy nose.

Pattern:

First Stage Of An Externally-Contracted Wind-Cold Or Wind-Heat Disorder

Tongue:

Thin, white tongue coating

Pulse:

Floating

Abdomen:

Notes:

1. Fails to induce sweating, add Ge Gen and Sheng Ma. If still no sweating, add Ma Huang.
2. Pronounced chills and headache, add Qiang Huo, Fang Feng, and Jing Jie.
3. Pronounced cold with abdominal pain, add Sheng Jiang and brown sugar.
4. Pronounced fever with a sore and swollen throat, add Huang Qin, Zhi Zi, and Lian Qiao.
5. Pronounced coughing and hoarseness, add Chan Tui, Jie Geng, and Niu Bang Zi.
6. Concurrent turbid dampness with nausea, a stifling sensation in the chest, loss of taste, and a thick, greasy tongue coating, add Huo Xiang and Pei Lan.
7. Common cold occurring in the spring or summer as a result of a lurking pathogen with aversion to wind, chills and fever, headache, sweating or an absence of sweating, irritability, and thirst, add Fang Feng, Jie Geng, Chen Pi and Xing Ren.