Original formula of Yinqiao Powder

Yinqiao Powder has many functions and effects. Yinqiao Powder is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription that we often use to treat colds, fevers and other diseases. So what are the effects of Yinqiao Powder? What should we pay attention to when taking it? What are the usage methods of Yinqiao Powder? With these doubts, let's follow the editor to take a look.

constitute

Honeysuckle 1 liang (30g), lotus forsythia 1 liang (30g), orange stem 6 qian (18g), mint 6 qian (18g), bamboo leaves 4 qian (12g), raw licorice 5 qian (15g), schizonepeta spicate 4 qian (12g), light black beans 5 qian (15g), burdock seeds 6 qian (18g).

How to use

Grind it into powder. Take six qian (18g) each time, boil in fresh reed root soup, and take when the aroma comes out, do not over-boil. Lung medicine should be light and clear. If it is over-decocted, the taste will be thick and will harm the middle burner. For serious illnesses, take the medicine once every two hours, three times a day, and once at night; for mild illnesses, take the medicine once every three hours, two times a day, and once at night; for those with doubtful illnesses, take it twice. Modern usage: As medicine, decocted in water and taken orally, the dosage is determined according to the original prescription. It can also be taken as granules or powder.

effect

It is pungent and cool, penetrating the surface, clearing away heat and removing fire.

Main

The onset of febrile disease. Fever without sweating, or blocked sweating, slight aversion to cold, headache and dry mouth, cough and sore throat, red tip of tongue, greasy white or thin yellow tongue coating, and floating and rapid pulse.

Solution

This prescription is used for the initial stage of febrile disease, when the Wei Qi is depressed and the lungs fail to descend. The evil is in the Wei division, the Wei Qi is depressed, and the opening and closing are disordered, so there is fever, headache, slight aversion to cold, no sweat or sweating is blocked. When damp-heat toxins invade the lungs and the lung qi becomes deficient and cannot be released, there will be cough and sore throat. When the evil heat damages the body fluids, there will be dry mouth. When the evil is in the Wei surface, there will be a red tip of the tongue, a greasy white coating, and a floating and rapid pulse. The treatment should be pungent, cool and dispersing to disperse the exterior, clear away lung heat to resolve the toxicity, and promote the descending of lung qi to restore its clarity. Ju Rui Honeysuckle and Lotus Forsythia are fragrant and refreshing. They can both penetrate the surface and clear away heat and reduce fire, and are highly valued as the main ingredients. Peppermint and burdock seed are pungent, cool and dispersing, and can dispel wind-cold and wind-heat, and have a purgative effect; fermented black beans and schizonepeta are pungent and warm.

Slightly warm, can expel evil spirits. Although both medicines are pungent and warm to dispel exterior pathogens, they are pungent but not strong, warm but not dry. When combined with pungent and cool medicines, they can enhance the ability to penetrate the exterior and are collectively referred to as assistant medicines. Citrus stems clear the lungs and relieve cough; bamboo leaves clear heat from the upper part of the body; reed roots clear heat, detoxify, promote salivation and quench thirst, and are all adjuvant drugs. Licorice is used as a blending agent to harmonize various medicines. The characteristics of its combination are, firstly, a small amount of pungent and warm products are added to the pungent and cool, which is beneficial to expel evil without violating the meaning of pungent and cool; secondly, it is compatible with dispersing wind, cold and heat and clearing away heat and removing fire, which can disperse wind, cold and heat, remove toxins and filth, thus forming a clearing and dispersing agent with dispersing as the main effect. It is a "spicy, cool and neutral agent".

Clinical medical applications

1. Key points of the prescription: This prescription is a "spicy, cool and peaceful prescription", which is a common prescription for treating wind-cold and wind-heat exterior syndromes, with fever, slight aversion to cold, sore throat and dry mouth, and floating and rapid pulse as the key points of syndrome differentiation.

2. In modern times, our prescription is commonly used to treat influenza, subacute tonsillitis, early-stage measles, as well as Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, mumps, pharyngitis, pharyngeal herpes, etc., which are early-stage febrile diseases with evil stagnation in the lung defense.

3. Please note that most of the ingredients in Ju Rui are light and clear, so it is not suitable for long-term frying and the dosage should not be too large.

Functional Identification

Both Sangjuyin and Yinqiaosan can relieve exterior symptoms by virtue of their pungent and cool properties, and are common prescriptions for treating the initial stage of febrile diseases. Both prescriptions contain five herbs: lotus forsythia, citrus stem, licorice, mint, and reed root. However, Sangju Drink uses mulberry leaves and yellow chrysanthemum as the main ingredients, and is paired with sweet almonds. It has a stronger effect of clearing the lungs, relieving cough, and reducing phlegm. It is suitable for those at the beginning of wind-heat disease, when the superficial heat is relatively mild but the cough is severe. It is a "pungent and cool light prescription." Yinqiao Powder uses honeysuckle and lotus forsythia as the main ingredients, and is paired with schizonepeta, water-fermented black beans, burdock seeds, and bamboo leaves. It has a stronger effect of tonifying deficiency, clearing heat, and detoxifying. It is suitable for those with external wind-heat symptoms or the initial stage of febrile disease, when the superficial heat is relatively severe. It is a "pungent and cool neutral prescription."