Formula Ingredients Pattern Actions Indications
Ma Huang Tang
Ephedra Decoction
Ma Huang Wind-cold attacking the exterior Release exterior cold
Arrests wheezing
Fever & chills (chills predominant) without sweating, headache, generalized body aches, wheezing.
T: thin white coat
P: floating, tight
Gui Zhi
Xing Ren
Zhi Gan Cao
Da Qing Long Tang
Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
Ma Huang Tang
Ma Huang
Gui Zi
Xing Ren
Zhi Gan Cao
Exterior wind-cold with interior heat Releases the exterior
Clears interior heat
Severe fever & chills without sweating, body aches, irritability
P: floating, tight
Shi Gao
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
San Ao Tang
Three-Unbinding Decoction
Ma Huang Tang
Ma Huang
Xing Ren
Gan Cao
Externally-contracted wind-cold Disseminates LU qi
Releases the exterior
Head & body aches, nasal congestion, coughing, wheezing, copious thin white sputum, sensation of fullness in chest, coughing, loss of voice.
Sheng Jiang
Gui Zhi Tang
Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Gui Zhi Externally-contracted wind-cold leading to exterior cold from deficiency Releases pathogenic influences from the muscle layer
Regulates ying & wei qi
Fever & chills unrelieved by sweating, headache, aversion to wind, stiff neck, nasal congestion, dry heaves, no thirst.
T: thin white moist coat
P: floating, moderate, or frail
Bai Shao
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
Zhi Gan Cao
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Exterior wind-cold with congested fluids Releases the exterior
Transforms congested fluids
Warms LU
Directs rebellious qi downward
fever & chills (chills predominant) without sweating, coughing, wheezing, copious white stringy difficult to expectorate sputum, stifling sensation in chest, generalized sensation of heaviness & body aches, no thirst.
T: moist coat
P: floating, tight
Gan Jiang
Xi Xin
Wu Wei Zi
Bai Shao
Ban Xia
Zhi Gan Cao
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