Shen Su Yin (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction)

Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction

Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang, 1107

• Zi Su Ye, Ge Gen (release exterior); Ren Shen (support qi)
• Ban Xia, Qian Hu, Jie Geng, Chen Pi, Zhi Ke, Fu Ling, Mu Xiang, Gan Cao

• Releases exterior wind-cold and augments the qi
• Transforms phlegm and stops cough

Exterior wind-cold with phlegm and qi deficiency: chills and fever, a stifling chest, cough with copious phlegm, fatigue, and a weak constitution.

Tongue: white coat. Pulse: floating and weak.

For pregnancy-related colds with nausea it can be adapted.

For wind-cold with qi deficiency and phlegm; not for wind-heat or dryness.