Xiang Su Cong Chi Tang香苏葱豉汤
Cyperus and Perilla Decoction with Scallion and Prepared Soybean
Ingredients6 herbs
Indications
Wind-cold in the exterior with qi stagnation in the chest and epigastrium, classically the wind-cold of pregnancywhere forceful diaphoresis is not an option.
Clinical Manifestations
- Wind-cold caught during pregnancy
- Chills and fever with a stuffy, oppressed chest
- Mild cold in a patient who tolerates strong herbs poorly
- Cold with nausea and epigastric fullness
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- Nausea marked — add Sheng Jiang 生姜 and Zi Su Geng 紫苏梗
- Cough present — add Qian Hu 前胡 and Jie Geng 桔梗
- Heat signs appearing, throat sore — add Lian Qiao 连翘 and Bo He 薄荷
Contraindications
Not strong enough for a tightly sealed wind-cold with severe body ache, and not for wind-heat with a red sore throat. Being safer than the Ma Huang formulas in pregnancy does not make it self-prescribable — fever in pregnancy needs assessment first.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
This is the formula in the chapter written for pregnancy: the surface-opening herbs are deliberately mild and the qi-movers are the calming kind rather than the blood-moving kind. Even so, it should be prescribed and monitored by a practitioner, not taken on a patient's own reading.
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References
Source Chong Ding Tong Su Shang Han Lun 《重订通俗伤寒论》 · Qing
- Classical source as given in the source fields; no quotation is reproduced because the widely circulated 重订 edition falls outside the public domain.
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— 附方 note under 香苏散, pattern analysis cross-checked.
Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.