PLATYCODON & SCHIZONEPETA FORMULA
Zhi Sou San

 

 â€˜Antitussive Powder’
Source: Medical Revelations (Yi Xue Xin Wu, 1732)

Keywords
persistent cough following an external disorder

Ingredients
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jie Geng, platycodon)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Jing Jie, schizonepeta)
Aster tartarica (Zi Wan, aster)
Stemona sessilifolia (Bai Bu, stemona)
Cynanchum stauntonii (Bai Qian, cynanchum)
Citrus reticulata (Chen Pi, citrus)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)

Major therapeutic action
Stops cough, expels pathogens from the lungs, transforms Phlegm, aids coughs.

Biomedical action
Antitussive and mucolytic.

Indications