actions : expels wind and cold, especially from the most superficial skin and muscle areas for one or more to the following reasons :

- this is their point of entry at the very beginning of a wind-cold invasion

- the wind and cold pathogens are not that strong

- if you have generally and relatively harmonised QI and blood

symptoms included : fever and chills, headache, body aches, sore muscles, stuffy and runny nose, itching or scratchy throat, slight cough with clear mucus, a floating pulse and a white, thin tongue coating

In this formula radix bupleurum-chai hu matched with radix saposinkovia - fang feng, periciarpium citri reticulata-chen pi, and rhizoma zingiberis - sheng jiang mianly works to dispel wind-cold from the superficial areas, radix paeonia rubra matched with radix glycyrrhizhae-gan cao relieves stiff, achy muscles. Radix Glycyrrhizhae - gan cao matched with rhizoma zingiberis- sheng jiang, radix paeonia rubra- chi shao and radix bupleurum-chai hu regulates qi and xue and harmonizes the yin and the wei. 

Because most of the ingredients are not that strong, the dosage are light and the ingredients are so well-balanced, the formula works gently.

One of the distinguishing features of Wind is to change and move quickly. It is best to expel and clear Wind as early as possible, before it can move into the channels or penetrate deeper. If ones uses this formula very early at the first sign of a cold, good results can usually be expected on the first or second day. If using this formula for three days the symptoms still remain, other conditions need to be considered

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It's important to remember that herbal formulas are meant to treat patterns, not "diseases" as understood in Western Medicine. According to Chinese Medicine patterns, which are disruptions to the body as a system, are the underlying root cause for diseases and conditions.