All-Grass Manchurian Wildginger — Classic Formulas
Xi Xin · Herba Asari
Primary Actions
- Disperses Wind-Cold and relieves pain — used for headaches, toothache, facial pain, and rheumatic pain from wind-cold invasion or cold obstructing the channels
- Opens the nasal orifices — used for nasal congestion, sinus headache, rhinitis, and sinusitis from wind-cold or Lung Qi blockage
- Warms the Lung and dissolves fluid accumulation — used for cough with watery phlegm, wheezing, and fluid retention in the Lung from cold-fluid obstruction
Classic Formulas
- Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang (麻黄附子细辛汤) — Ephedra, Prepared Aconite, and Asarum Decoction; treats Shao Yin cold pattern with both exterior and interior cold; simultaneous exterior release and interior warming
- Xiao Qing Long Tang (小青龙汤) — Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction; treats wind-cold exterior pattern with underlying cold-fluid accumulation causing cough and wheezing
Classical Text References
- Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica, c. 200 CE) — listed as upper-class herb; documents actions for wind-cold headache, nasal obstruction, and toothache