HERB FORMULAS

CONG CHI TANG - 葱豉湯 - SCALLION AND PREPARED SOYBEAN DECOCTION

English: Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction
Also Known As: Decoction of Allium Bulb and Soja

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Bul. Allii Cong Bai 9-12g Releases the exterior, induces sweating, Disperses Cold and unblocks Yang.
With Dan Dou Chi, for the initial stages of External Wind-Cold invasion.
Sm. Sojae Preparatum Dan Dou Chi 12-30g Releases the Exterior, Eliminates irritability, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and relieves stuffy sensations in the chest.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Unblocks Yang in the Exterior
  • Induces diaphoresis

SYNDROMES

  • Initial-stage Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs
  • Initial-stage Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Mild fever
  • Slight chills
  • Anhidrosis
  • Headache
  • Stuffy nose
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For failure to inducing diaphoresis: For pronounced chills and headache:
+ Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen + Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo
+ Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma + Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
For failure to inducing diaphoresis after using the above herbs:
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
For pronounced Cold with abdominal pain:
+ Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang + Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
For pronounced fever with a sore, swollen throat:
+ Brown Sugar  
For pronounced coughing and hoarseness:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi + Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao + Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi
For turbid Dampness:
For a common cold occurring in the spring or summer as the result of a lurking pathogen::
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan + Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
For muscle ache:
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo + Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
For sore throat:
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Fr. Perillae Zi Su Ye + Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
For cough with sputum:
+ Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
+ Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen
+ Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu
For nausea with chest and abdominal distention:
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
    + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
   
    + Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
   
    + Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan