Canopy Powder

太平惠民和劑局方

Ephedra 1 liang (remove roots and nodes), Perilla leaf 1 liang, Apricot kernel 1 liang (remove skin and tips), Aged tangerine peel 1 liang (remove white inner layer), White mulberry root bark 1 liang (honey-prepared), Poria 1 liang (remove skin), Licorice 0.5 liang (prepared).

Six bowls of water, decoct over high heat to two bowls, about 20 minutes. After meals, take one bowl warm each time.

湯劑

Diffuse the lung and dispel phlegm, calm wheezing and stop cough.

The lung is affected by cold pathogen, with cough and upward qi, chest and diaphragm distention and fullness, rigidity and tension of the nape and back, heavy voice and nasal congestion, dizziness and blurred vision, phlegm-qi not flowing smoothly, and wheezing sounds.

Phlegm-qi not flowing smoothly: add Lycium root bark and Platycodon root. -- Cough with vomiting and asthmatic cough: add Anemarrhena and Sichuan Fritillaria. -- Nasal congestion with heavy voice: add Saposhnikovia and Mint.

Although this formula contains sweet-cold White mulberry root bark, the formula as a whole is warm in nature; therefore it is contraindicated for those with phlegm-heat cough and wheezing.