Xiang+Ru+San+(Mosla+Powder)

Xiang Ru San (Mosla Powder)
 * Category:** Release the exterior - cold w/ dampness affecting the middle jiao (Yin type summer-heat)
 * Preparation:** Decoct w/ water
 * Function:** Releases the exterior, scatters cold, transforms dampness, and harmonizes the middle burner.
 * Indications:** Chills with skin that is warm to the touch, absence of sweating, sensation of heaviness in the head, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, stifling sensation in the chest, fatigued extremities, white greasy tongue coat, floating pulse.
 * Clinical Applications:** acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, encephalitis B, enteric cholera, acute tonsillitis
 * Contraindications:** summer-heat other than Yin summer-heat

**Ingredients:**
Xiang Ru (9-12g.) Chao Bian Dou (6-9g.) Jiang Hou Po (6-9g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Xiang Ru: Warm, acrid, aromatic -Releases the exterior, harmonizes spleen, dispels cold and dampness

//Deputy:// Bian Dou: strengthens spleen and transforms dampness

//Assistant:// Huo Po: Expels dampness and disperses fullness

**Modifications:**
Stronger exterior presentation: +Qing Hao Severe cold with nasal obstruction: + Cong Chi Tang Yang-type summer-heat: use Xin Jia Xiang Ru San