Laryngitis #2
- Medicinals
- 3
Composition
Promotes sweating, expels Wind-Heat, reduces fever, promotes expectoration, resolves Phlegm-Heat and Dryness, relieves coughing, tonifies Lung Yin and relieves the bronchi.
Disperses Wind and clears Heat.
Disperses Wind and clears Heat.
Actions
- Scatters Wind
- Eliminates Heat
- Encourages the expectoration of phlegm
- Transforms Phlegm-Heat and relieves Dryness
- Nourishes Lung Yin
Patterns treated
A Wind-Heat pattern
Manifestations
- A cough that is dry
- Throat pain accompanied by redness and swelling
- Mild thirst, with a preference for cold beverages
- Nasal discharge or nasal congestion
- Fever accompanied by minimal sweating
- Mild chills
- Possibly, a high fever
- Intolerance of exposure to Wind
- Head pain
- Possibly, labored breathing with flaring of the nostrils
- Tongue body
- A tip that is red in color
- Coating
- Thin in body, and either yellow or white in color
- Pulse
- Floating and rapid
Indications
Inflammation of the larynx
Notes
Prepare the herbs as a decoction, then inhale its steam for 20 minutes, twice each day.