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formula
Morus and Chrysanthemum C.
chinese formulae

definition

Morus and Chrysanthemum C. = Sang Ju Yin = "Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 78; Bensky and Barolet, p. 44; Yeung, p. 191.
signs and symptoms: Common cold, slight fever, initial stage of coughing, slight thirst.
tongue and pulse: thin, white tongue coating and floating, rapid pulse.
indications: Early-Stage Wind Heat with coughing as the dominant symptom. Also for eye disorders due to Wind-Heat, and a hacking cough due to Exterior Dryness. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as common cold, influenza, headache, cough, early-stage acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, and acute conjunctivitis.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for common cold due to Wind Cold.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 6 grams: morus leaf (sang ye), apricot seed (xing ren), platycodon (jie geng), forsythia (lian qiao), phragmites (lu gen).
» 3 grams: chrysanthemum flower (ju hua), mentha (bo he), licorice (gan cao).
modifications:
» for Wind-Heat affecting the eyes (including conjunctivitis) add tribulus (bai ji li), cassia seed (jue ming zi) and prunella (xia ku cao).
» for Qi-level Dryness, add gypsum (shi gao) and anemarrhena (zhi mu).
» for Nutritive-level Heat with a dark-red tongue, add scrophularia (xuan shen) and rhinoceros horn (xi jiao) (substitute water buffalo horn).
» for Heat entering the Xue (Blood), omit phragmites (lu gen) and mentha (bo he) and add ophiopogon (mai men dong), fresh rehmannia (sheng di huang), polygonatum (yu zhu) and moutan bark (mu dan pi).
» for pronounced thirst, add trichosanthes root (tian hua fen).
» for sore throat, add lasiosphera (ma bo) and arctium (niu ban zi).
» for severe Lung Heat, add scute (huang qin).
» for viscous, yellow sputum that is difficult to expectorate, add trichosanthes peel (gua lou pi) and fritillaria thunbergii (zhe bei mu).
» for blood-streaked sputum, add moutan bark (mu dan pi), imperata (bai mao gen) and lotus node (ou jie).


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