Simple cold is usually divided into cold pathogen or wind pathogen.

The corresponding syndromes are: cold pathogen invading lung syndrome, wind pathogen invading lung syndrome, and six meridians syndrome differentiation is sun typhoid syndrome and sun apoplexy syndrome.

The therapeutic prescriptions are Mahuang Decoction and Guizhi Decoction respectively.

Mahuang Decoction (Herba Ephedrae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Almond, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata).

Guizhi Decoction (Guizhi, Paeonia lactiflora, Ginger, Jujube, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata).

An attending prescription, why do you want to add or subtract drugs?

Due to the individual differences of patients, the response to pathogenic factors is also different.

For example, the same cold pathogen invading the lung has different syndromes, or cough, asthma, headache, nasal congestion, or internal heat. This requires targeted drug flavoring according to the specific situation in the indications of basic prescriptions.

Take Daqinglong Decoction as an example. Daqinglong Decoction consists of Mahuang Decoction+Gypsum Fibrosum, Ginger and Jujube.

Daqinglong decoction is mainly used to treat exogenous wind-cold and internal heat.

Among them, Mahuang decoction dispels cold, proclaims lowering lung qi to treat diseases (exogenous cold);

If there is internal heat, add gypsum to clear the fire;

Add ginger and jujube to help Mahuang decoction relieve exterior symptoms; Secondly, nourish the spleen and stomach together with the roasted licorice in the soup to prevent stones and cold gypsum from hurting the spleen and stomach.

Syndrome and Symptoms of Modified Mahuang Decoction and Guizhi Decoction

Headache:

Headache belongs to Yangming Meridian:+Radix Angelicae Dahuricae.

After a headache, it belongs to the sun meridian.

When the cold gets worse,+Notopterygium;

There is a strong tension in the neck,+Pueraria lobata;

Pain near the top of the back,+Ligusticum.

Migraine belongs to shaoyang meridian:+Chuanxiong Chaihu.

Zhang, the ascending leader of Chuanxiong, mentioned in Medicine Source: "Chuanxiong is used for headaches. If it doesn't heal, add various menstrual drugs, such as Vitex negundo, Yangming Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Shaoyang Radix Bupleuri, Atractylodis Rhizoma Taiyin, Shaoyin Asari, Jueyin Evodia and so on. Top pain, use Ligusticum to go to Chuanxiong. " Therefore, it can be combined with Bupleurum to induce shaoyang meridian and stop migraine.

Headache aggravated by wind:+Chuanxiong, Gastrodia elata, Tribulus terrestris.

Physical pain:

Lightly use windproof for body pain; Use Notopterygium Rhizoma moderately, or add Radix Angelicae Pubescentis; In severe cases, asarum can be used, because asarum is good at dispelling cold.

Nasal congestion:

Commonly used: Flos Magnoliae, Fructus Xanthii, Asari, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, and onion.

Sometimes I see the master using Acorus gramineus and medulla tetrapanacis. Because it (Acorus gramineus) is a drug to relax the mind, it can also clear the blockage of ears and nose, and it can also open the mouth to treat strong tongue.

Cao Tong can breathe in water, and has a lot of stuffy nose and runny nose. Is that gas can't pass through water.

Cough:

Ginger with dried ginger, asarum and Schisandra chinensis. In addition, aster, coltsfoot flower and Cynanchum stauntonii can also be used.

Asthma:

Perilla frutescens, or ephedra with almond, and almond with magnolia officinalis (such as Guizhi almond magnolia officinalis decoction) are commonly used.

Cough and asthma:

It can also be solved by rotating the qi in the chest. Commonly used platycodon grandiflorum with perilla stem or platycodon grandiflorum with Fructus Aurantii.

White phlegm:

The most commonly used are Chen Er: Chenpi and Chenbanxia; In addition, Inula is sometimes useful; If Chen Er is not strong enough, use Sanzi Yangqin decoction (perilla, mustard seed, radish seed); The phlegm is white and thin, which is the sum of dried ginger, asarum and Schisandra chinensis.

Aphonia:

You can choose cicada slough, wooden butterfly and phoenix clothes.

Humidity:

See the head is heavy and the body is light, and the fur is greasy. , plus Notopterygium, Pogostemon, Elsholtzia, etc. , you can also directly use Notopterygium Shi Sheng decoction or Pogostemon huoxiang Zhengqi pill (soup).

Remarks: If it is Guizhi decoction syndrome, the medicine should be carefully selected, and the divergence is too strong, so it can be reduced. Because this syndrome is sweating, it is necessary to dispel pathogenic wind to some extent.

heat and cold

Wind-heat cold, below is Yinqiao powder or mulberry chrysanthemum drink.

Yinqiao Powder (Fructus Forsythiae, Flos Lonicerae, Radix Platycodi, Herba Menthae, Folium Bambusae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Herba Schizonepetae, Fried Douchi, Fructus Arctii and Rhizoma Phragmitis).

Sangjuyin (mulberry leaf, chrysanthemum, forsythia suspensa, almond, mint, platycodon grandiflorum, reed rhizome, licorice).

If it is damp and hot, Sanren Decoction (almond, Pinellia ternata, talcum powder, raw coix seed, Akebia stem, cardamom, bamboo leaves and magnolia officinalis) is added with Radix Saposhnikoviae and Herba Agastaches.