Zhi Sou San (Stop Coughing Powder)

Stop Coughing Powder

Yi Xue Xin Wu, 1732

• Jie Geng, Bai Qian, Zi Wan, Bai Bu (diffuse/descend, stop cough)
• Jing Jie (disperse wind); Chen Pi; Gan Cao

• Disperses residual wind and releases the exterior
• Diffuses and descends Lung qi; stops cough and transforms phlegm

Lingering cough after an external invasion: an itchy throat with cough, some sputum, and slight or no chills and fever.

Tongue: thin white coat. Pulse: moderate or floating.

With wind-heat signs, add Sang Ye and Ju Hua; with wind-cold, add Sheng Jiang.

For lingering wind cough; not for cough from Lung yin deficiency or vigorous heat.