| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to pink tongue, thin-white coating |
Cong Chi Tang
Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction
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Releases the Exterior without damaging the Body Fluids;
Unblocks Yang Qi and supports the Defensive-Qi;
Slightly promotes sweating.
| First stage of an externally-contracted Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat disorder. | Headache;
Nasal congestion;
Aversion to wind;
Cold intolerance;
Pink tongue, thin-white coating;
Floating pulse (Fu); Floating-Tight pulse (Fu Jin).
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Huo Ren Cong Chi Tang
Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction
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Releases the Exterior;
Promotes sweating;
Calms pain.
| First stage of an externally-contracted Wind-Cold. | Back pain;
Headache;
Pain in the lower back;
Painful neck;
Pink tongue, thin-white coating;
Floating-Tight pulse (Fu Jin).
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Gui Zhi Tang
Cinnamon Twig Decoction; Ramulus Cinnamomi Decoction
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Eliminates Cold and Wind from the Exterior and Tendino-Muscle channels;
Harmonizes Nutritive-Qi and Defensive-Qi;
Promotes sweating.
| Externally-contracted Wind-Cold leading to an exterior Cold deficient condition (fever and spontaneous sweating). The Defensive-Qi is unable to guard the Exterior and the Nutritive-Qi is unable to nourish and stabilize the Interior.
This formula may also be used in treating such biomedically-defined disorders as upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, postpartum fever, allergic rhinitis, angioedema, cerebrovascular spasm, eczema and urticaria. | Aversion to wind;
Headache;
Eczema;
Fatigue (especially in the morning);
In cases with high fever, the pulse is faster but relatively slow if compared with other diseases showing identical fever;
Rhinitis;
Skin rashes;
Pink tongue, thin-white coating;
Floating-Moderate pulse (Fu Huan).
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