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Fang Feng Tong Sheng San 防风通圣散
Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks


Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Formulas from the Discussion Illuminating the Yellow Emperor's Basic Questions (Huang di su wen man ming lun fang)

Herb Name
Hua Shi (Talcum)
Shi Gao
(Gypsum)
Jie Geng
(Platycodon)

Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviea)
Ma Huang (Ephedra)
Da Huang
(Rhubarb root) *
Mang Xiao
(Mirabilite)
Jing Jie
(Schizonepeta)
Bo He
(Peppermint)
Zhi Zi
(Gardenia fruit)
Lian Qiao (Forsythia)
Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap)
Chuan Xiong (Sichuan lovage)
Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)
Bai Shao
(White Peony)
Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes)
Gan Cao (Licorice)

Latin
Talcum
Calcium sulphate
Platycodon grandi
florum
Saposhnikovia divaricata
Ephedra sinica

Rheum palmatum
Mirabilitum

Schizonepeta tenuifolia
Mentha haplocalyx
Gardenia jasminoides

Forsythia suspensa
Scutellaria baicalensis

Ligusticum chuanxiong
Angelica sinensis

Paeonia lactiflora
Atractylodes macrocephala
Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Amount
90 grams

30 grams ea.













15 grams ea.
60 grams

* Rhubarb root is wine-fried

Preparation:
Powder

Function:
Clears Wind, purges Heat, clears the Exterior

Use:
Fever and chills, dizziness, red eyes, thick yellow phlegm, bitter taste, red tongue with yellow coat and a rapid or wiry pulse.
1. Influenza
2. Acute upper respiratory tract infection
3. Carbuncles
4. Dermatitis
5. Acne
6. Urticaria

7. Heat rash
8. Food poisoning
9. Acute Mania
10. Obesity


Dose:
6–9 grams with a decoction of fresh Ginger

Cautions:
1. Only used for acute cases with Heat

Modifications:
1. With Chills, remove Ephedra
2. If there is no marked Fever, omit Gypsum.

Similar Formulas:
Niu Huang Shang Qing Wan

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