Jiang Erxun has been using a universal cough treatment formula for decades, which can treat itching cough, dry cough, phlegm cough, new cough, and chronic cough!
Chen Xiuyuan believes that for treating colds and coughs, "mild cases can be treated with Liu An decoction, while severe cases can be treated with Jin Fei Cao powder.
In his early years, Yu was weak and suffered from frequent coughing due to wind and cold, so he used Jin Fei Cao powder to take effect. Giving to others also yields quick results. For decades, Yu has been using this formula to treat coughs, regardless of whether it is new or old, and regardless of whether it is cold, heat, deficiency or excess on the surface or inside.
This formula is a comprehensive selection of 11 ingredients, including 9 grams of Xuanfu Flower, 12 grams of Paeonia lactiflora, 6 grams of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, 10 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 9 grams of Pinellia ternata, 9 grams of Poria cocos, 6 grams of Chenpi peel, 6 grams of mustard seed, 10 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 9 grams of almonds, and 9 grams of Peucedanum praeruptorum, from the "Nanyang Living Book" and "Hezhi Bureau Formula".
The specificity of Jinfeicao Powder lies in the key role of Jinfeicao (commonly used in modern times as Xuanfu Flower), Paeonia lactiflora, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis.
A patient has been coughing for months and repeatedly using both Chinese and Western medicine has been ineffective. After taking this soup several times, they were cured. Yu praised its beauty and taught it to others, even passing it on and copying it, drawing gourds like it, and surprisingly, there have been many people who have miraculously recovered.
What is the reason for such a plain prescription that works so well?
Yu Qisi has a persistent cough, which is nothing but a lung and stomach disease. According to the "Neijing", the overall pathogenesis of cough is the accumulation of phlegm, saliva, or water in the stomach, which is related to the lungs. However, there is no remaining evidence.
The main medicine in the formula is Jin Fei Cao, which is the stem and leaf of the spiral covering flower, and the remaining flowers are used consistently. As the saying goes, "All flowers rise, but when they turn and fall, they fall alone." Its ability to clear the lungs, lower the stomach, and expel phlegm and fluids is remarkable. Its taste is pungent, and those who are pungent can disperse and move freely, so it can spread lung qi to the skin and fur. When it descends, it spreads, and the control of the lungs is powerful; Its taste is salty, and it can enter the kidneys, so it can absorb qi and flow downwards to return to its roots, allowing phlegm, saliva or water in the stomach to flow downwards and out of the turbid passage, without going up and invading the lungs. The lungs are naturally clear and weak. It is the power of one medicine, which can benefit the three organs and the three burners.
Furthermore, the formula contains "Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang", which combines sourness and sweetness, nourishes lung fluid, and converges lung qi. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that it can alleviate spasm of bronchial smooth muscle.
Jiang Lao once wrote straightforwardly: Whenever someone experiences a fever (or an increase in body temperature), it is immediately diagnosed as "wind heat" or "phlegm heat", and commonly uses mulberry chrysanthemums or silver forsythia, or simply uses heat clearing and phlegm resolving drugs and antibiotics; If there is itching in the throat or difficulty in phlegm production, it is considered as "wind dryness" or "yin injury", and therefore one indiscriminately uses moisturizing or nourishing yin herbs; There are those who, due to persistent coughing, are recognized as having a weak cough and repeatedly seek tonics. All of this is due to the failure to evacuate and publicize in a timely manner, resulting in persistent coughing, and even turning into coughing, which can be good or bad.
There are countless coughs that can be cured with this formula, and it is well known that all the medicines in the formula can be used for profit or loss. However, the three essential ingredients of Xuanfu Flower, Paeonia lactiflora, and Gancao are crucial and cannot be removed, so they are particularly prominent.
And in the blink of an eye, the brilliance of profit and loss lies in one heart. If you have a cold cough, regardless of the duration, you can use this formula as much as possible.
If it's cold and hot at first, add Chaihu and Huangqin (meaning Xiaochaihu decoction);
High fever and asthma, add ephedra and raw gypsum (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang Yi);
Fever and sore throat, add silver flowers, Forsythia suspensa, and Shegan (Yin Qiao San Yi);
Thick and sticky phlegm, add Zhejiang Fritillaria and Gualou Ren (Fritillaria and Gualou powder);
Asthma with phlegm, adding Su Zi and Ting Mi Zi (meaning Ting Mi Da Zao Xie Fei Tang);
Fever, bad wind, self sweating, add cinnamon twigs and magnolia bark (cinnamon twigs thickened with plain apricot soup);
Long lasting cough, add Aster, Baibu, and Loquat Leaves (Zhisou San Yi);
Body deficiency is prone to catching a cold. Add Huangqi, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Fangfeng (Yupingfeng San Yi);
For spleen deficiency with insufficient food intake or loose stools, add Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala (meaning Liu Jun Zi Tang);
Phlegm and saliva are clear and sparse, the head is dizzy, and the heart is full. Add Guizhi and Baizhu (meaning Ling Gui Shu Gan Tang).
If there is itching in the throat, coughing up phlegm and discomfort, and the cough seems dry but not solid, you can add Campanula grandiflorus;
Cough due to wind heat, remove catnip and beard, and drink mulberry chrysanthemum;
Dry and hot cough, remove Jingjie and Qianhu, and mix with Beimu Gualou powder;
Phlegm is abundant and clear, combined with Er Chen Tang;
Yellow phlegm mixed with heat, add Huangqin, or combine with Xiebai San, also with wheezing, and combine with San Ao Tang:
Phlegm stagnation leads to shortness of breath, with excess in the upper part and deficiency in the lower part. Remove the Jingjie and Qianhu, and combine with Suzi Jiangqi Tang;
Coughing for a long time without obvious external symptoms, combined with Zhisou powder;
Weakness of spleen and stomach, combined with Wu Wei Yi Gong San;
For those who suffer from recurrent colds, use Heyu Screen Powder.
For those who are prone to nausea and vomiting, they can be instructed to take a small amount frequently (preferably between two meals);
If the patient still feels nauseous and fears taking it, they should switch to taking Chen Shiduo's Shufei Tang (Guizhi, Suye, Campanula, Licorice, Poria cocos, Tianfen) combined with Liu'an decoction;
If coughing recurs a few days after recovery, one can continue to take Chaihu Guizhi Tang Su Geng, Mu Butterfly, and Xianhecao;
If there is a cough tail left, one can continue to take the tested formula "Eleven Flavors for Coughing Cough" (6g each of Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Banxia, Poria cocos, Chenpi peel, Licorice, Mulberry bark, Qingpi, Almond, Fritillaria cocos, and Schisandra chinensis). This formula is widely circulated in the folk of western Sichuan and is used to treat tuberculosis cough.
What is the approximate cure rate of Jin Fei Cao San modified formula for treating external cough?
If it is ineffective, which method should be used instead? There is no precise statistics on the cure rate. But according to Jiang Lao's decades of experience, his recent cure rate will not be less than 80%, and the total effective rate will not be less than 90%.
The author has repeatedly verified that it can be used as a last resort for external cough.
Will the patient disdain to give it a try, for there are words to be taken from the humble?