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breathlessness.

This prescription has a definite warm energy and, in order to use it, one should be absolutely
certain that the pathogenic factor is Wind-Cold rather than Wind-Heat.

Variations

• In case of Cold-Phlegm in the Lungs add Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae, Chen Pi
  Pericarpium Citri reticulatae, Su Zi Fructus Perillae frutescentis, Zi Wan Radix Asteris
  tatarici and Bai Qian Radix et Rhizoma Cynanchii Stautoni.


• In case of sweating (which indicates the predominance of Wind within Wind-Cold) use:
  Gui Zhi Jia Hou Po Xing Zi Tang Ramulus Cinnamomi Decoction plus Magnolia and
  Prunus:

Gui Zhi Ramulus Cinnamomi cassiae 9 g

Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae 9 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 6 g

Sheng Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis recens 9 g

Da Zao Fructus Ziziphi jujubae 3 dates

Hou Po Cortex Magnoliae officinalis 4 g

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae 6 g

This prescription releases the Exterior by harmonizing Defensive and Nutritive Qi, it relieves
fullness of the chest and stops breathlessness.

Wind-Cold on the Exterior, Phlegm-Fluids in the Interior

Clinical Manifestations

Aversion to cold, fever, shivering, headache, no sweating, breathlessness, cough with profuse
white-watery sputum, difficulty in lying down, swelling of the limbs.

Tongue: sticky-white coating.

Pulse: Floating.

This corresponds to an invasion of exterior Wind-Cold in a person with a pre-existing condition
of Phelgm-Fluids in the Interior. It is a common situation in an acute exacerbation of chronic
breathlessness.

Besides the typical symptoms and signs of exterior invasion (aversion to cold, shivering, fever,