Two Empirical Formulas, July 10, 1996

Two Empirical Formulas, July 10, 1996

1. Compound Sangju Drink (10 g mulberry leaves, 10 g chrysanthemum flowers, 20 g honeysuckle, 20 g forsythia, 30 g platycodon root, 15 g reed root, 10 g apricot kernels, 10 g ephedra, 10 g cinnamon twig, 6 g licorice, 30 g gypsum, 10 g ginger, 6 jujubes), decocted twice to obtain 400 mL of juice, taken 20–100 mL each time, adjusted according to the child's age, three times daily. For children with upper respiratory tract infection and fever that does not subside.

2. Cinnamon twig 10 g, Anemarrhena rhizome 20 g, white peony root 10 g, Aconitum carmichaelii and Aconitum kusnezoffii each 15 g (decocted for 1 hour first), one Semen Strychni (fried in oil), 6 g ginger, 4 jujubes, 6 g licorice, 30 g mulberry branches, 10 g qianghuo, 10 g duohuo. Decocted and taken once daily. For joint pain, neuralgia, and headache.