Invasion of Wind-Dryness

Symptoms and signs Invasion of Wind-Dryness comprises two types: WindCold-Dryness and Wind-Heat-Dryness. Common symptoms and signs: acute throat pain with an obvious dry feeling, a slight swelling and redness in the throat, accompanied by a slight aversion to cold, a low-grade fever, thirst, a dry cough, scanty throat pain 123 phlegm expectoration, a slight headache, a thin and dry tongue coating and a superficial pulse. Wind-Heat-Dryness: obvious aversion to heat, fever, thirst, dry stool, running nose with yellow phlegm, cough with expectoration of yellow and sticky phlegm, red tongue or red tip of the tongue, thin, yellow and dry coating, superficial and rapid pulse. Principle of treatment Dispel the Wind, moisten the Dryness, reduce the swelling and relieve the pain. HERBAL TREATMENT a. Prescription for Wind-Cold-Dryness XING SU SAN Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder. This formula dispels Wind-Cold, disperses the Lung-Qi, relieves the Dryness in the throat and stops the cough. It also has some effect in relieving the throat pain due to invasion of Wind-Cold-Dryness. Pang Da Hai Semen

Sterculiae Scaphigerae 5 pieces and Mai Men Dong Radix Ophiopogonis 10g could be added into the
prescription to relieve the throat pan.

Modifications

1. If the throat is swollen, add Jiang Can Bombyx Batyticatus 10g and Chan Yi Periostracum Cicadae 6g to dispel Wind and reduce the swelling 2. If there is obvious thirst or a dry mouth, add Xuan Shen Radix Scrophulariae 10g to nourish the Yin of the Lung and the Stomach and relieve the thirst 3. If there is a fever, add Chai Hu Radix Bupleuri 10g to reduce the fever 4. If there is much headache, add Chuan Xiong Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong 10g and Man Jing Zi Fructus Viticis 10g to dispel Wind and sedate the headache 5. If there is a dry cough with itching in the throat, add Tian Hua Fen Radix Trichosanthis 10g and Chuan Bei Mu Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae 10g to dispel the Dryness, disperse the Lung-Qi and relieve the dry cough. b. Prescription for Wind-Heat -Dryness SANG XING TANG Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction. This formula has functions to dispel the Wind, Heat and Dryness, nourish the Body Fluid, benefit the throat,

and relieve the cough and throat pain. Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae 10g, Pang Da Hai Semen Sterculiae Scaphigerae 5 pieces and Mai Men Dong Radix Ophiopogonis 10g could be added into the prescription to relieve the throat pan.

Modifications

1. If the throat is red and swollen, add Pu Gong Ying Herba Taraxaci 10g and Zhu Ye Herba Lophatheri 10g to clear the Heat and reduce the swelling 2. If there is thirst due to invasion of Wind-Dry-Heat, add Xuan Shen Radix Scrophulariae 10g to nourish the Yin of the Lung and the Stomach and relieve the thirst