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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to floating-rapid pulse (fu shu) |
| Cong Bai Jie Geng Tang Scallion and Platycodon Decoction |
Releases the Exterior; Disperses Heat and Wind; Purifies toxins; Cools Blood; Clears Lung-Heat. | First stage of an externally-contracted Wind-Heat. | Beginning of fever; Headache; Respiratory tract infection (incubation period, early-stage disorder); Sore throat; Swelling of the throat; Cough; Slight aversion to wind; Thirst; Red tongue, thin-white coating; Floating-Rapid pulse (Fu Shu). |
| Sang Xing Tang Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction |
Disperses Heat and Dryness; Clears Heat and Dryness; Moistens the Lungs. | Warm Dryness injuring the Lung-Qi at a relatively superficial (exterior) level. | Bronchitis; Dry cough; Dry throat; Headache; Pharyngitis; Respiratory tract infection; Slight fever; Thirst; Cough with thick-dry-scanty phlegm; Red tongue, thin-dry-white coating; Floating-Rapid pulse (Fu Shu). |
| Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin Newly-Augmented Elsholtzia Decoction |
Disperses Summer-Heat. | Severe early-stage Summer-Heat with superimposed contraction of Cold. | Chills; Fever; Headache; No sweating; Thirst; Oppression of the stomach; Red complexion; Pink tongue, greasy-white coating; Floating-Rapid pulse (Fu Shu). |