Xing+Su+San+(Apricot+Kernel+and+Perilla+Leaf+Powder)

Xing Su San (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder)
 * Category:** Treat Dryness [external cool-dryness]
 * Preparation:** Decoct with water.
 * Function:** Gently disperses cool-dryness, disseminates the Lung Qi, and transforms congested fluids
 * Indications:** Slight headache, chills without sweating, cough with little amount of watery sputum, stuffy nose, dry throat, dry white tongue coat, wiry pulse
 * Clinical Applications:** Acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, emphysema
 * Contraindications:** cough due to excessive heat in the lungs

**Ingredients:**
Zi Su Ye (6g.) Xing Ren (6g.) Qian Hu (6g.) Jie Geng (6g.) Zhi Ke (6g.) Chen Pi (6g.) Fu Ling (6g.) Ban Xia (6g.) Sheng Jiang (6g.) Da Zao (2pcs.) Gan Cao (3g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Xing Ren: bitter, warm and slightly toxic -Descends the Lung Qi, stops the cough

Zi Su Ye: pungent and warm -Releases the exterior

//Deputy:// Qian Hu: descends Lung Qi, releases the exterior, helps with phlegm Jie Geng, Zhi Ke: moves and descends Lung Qi, stops cough, helps with phlegm

//Assistant:// Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Ban Xia: regulate the middle Jiao, expel phlegm

//Envoy:// Sheng Jiang, Da Zao, Gan Cao: harmonize the other herbs, regulate Ying and Wei

**Modifications:**
Absence of sweating and very wiry or tight pulse: Diarhhea and sensation of fullness in the abdomen: Headache involving the supraorbital ridge: