(1) drug for expelling wind and cold
Ephedra sweating and relieving exterior syndrome+dispersing lung and relieving asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling (geomantic edema)
Guizhi perspires and relieves exterior syndrome+warms meridians and unblocks collaterals, and helps yang to disperse qi (phlegm and turbidity block water, cold and blood stasis)
Perilla frutescens can relieve exterior cold, detoxify fish and crabs, and circulate qi widely.
Ginger relieves exterior cold, fish and crab detoxifies, warms lung and relieves cough.
Schizonepeta tenuifolia can dispel wind and relieve exterior syndrome+penetrate rash and eliminate sores, and stir-fry charcoal to stop bleeding
Fangfeng Qufeng Jiebiao+Shi Sheng has analgesic, spasmolytic and antidiarrheal effects.
Notopterygium root can relieve exterior syndrome, dispel cold, dispel wind and overcome dampness, and relieve pain.
Ligusticum can relieve exterior syndrome, dispel cold, remove dampness and relieve pain (headache)+
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae can relieve exterior syndrome, dispel cold, dispel wind, relieve pain, dredge nasal orifices, remove dampness, stop leukorrhagia, eliminate carbuncle and expel pus (Yangming meridian eyebrow and rib pain).
Asari has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, expelling wind, relieving pain, warming lung and promoting fluid production, and relieving headache (shaoyin headache).
Xanthium sibiricum can dispel cold, dredge nasal orifices, dispel wind and damp, and relieve pain (forehead and nose swelling and pain).
Flos Magnoliae dispels cold and clears nasal orifices. Biyuan Xanthium Powder with Flos Magnoliae and Asari)
Perilla frutescens is sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, removing dampness, harmonizing middle energizer, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.
(2) Drugs for dispelling wind-heat
Mint can disperse wind and heat, penetrate rash and relieve sore throat+clear the head, soothe the liver and promote qi circulation (pungent dispersing and consuming gas, forbidding hyperhidrosis)
Burdock can disperse wind-heat eruption, relieve sore throat and spread lung, resolve phlegm and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve constipation (used with caution in loose stool due to qi deficiency).
Cicada can dispel wind and heat, relieve sore throat, open rash, improve eyesight and relieve spasm.
Vitex negundo can disperse wind, heat and benefit.
Mulberry leaves dispel wind and clear heat, clear liver and improve eyesight, calm liver yang+clear lung and moisten dryness, cool blood and stop bleeding.
Chrysanthemum can disperse wind and heat, clear liver and improve eyesight, calm liver yang, and clear away heat and toxic materials.
Bupleurum relieves exterior syndrome, ascending yang and relieving depression+clearing heat, soothing liver and relieving depression (vinegar-baked), clearing heat and stopping malaria (Bupleurum stops liver yin)
Cimicifuga rhizome can relieve exterior syndrome, promote yang to relieve depression (parching) and penetrate rash, and clear away heat and toxic materials (toothache, aphtha, Yangming toxic heat).
Pueraria lobata can relax muscles and tendons, reduce fever+penetrate rash, promote fluid production to quench thirst, and promote yang to stop diarrhea (simmer) (strong neck pain)
Light fermented soybean can relieve symptoms, eliminate troubles and promote stagnation of heat.