Exterior Heat (Yin Xiao Wan) (ChinaHerb)

60 tablets
Ingredients:
Each tablet contains:
Lonicerae Japonicae Flos (Jin Yin Hua)        225mg
Forsythiae Fructus (Lian Qiao)                        225mg
Menthae Haplocalycis Herba (Bo He)           135mg
Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng)                         225mg
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Sheng Ma)                  67.5mg
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao)   67.5mg
Schizonepetae Herba (Jing Jie)                       135mg
Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng)                 135mg
Phragmitis Rhizoma (Lu Gen)                          135mg
Mori Folium (Sang Ye)                                      150mg

• No animal-by products
• No preservatives

Directions to use: Take 2 tablets, twice daily, 30 minutes before/after meals.

Did you know?
Exterior Heat is from Wu Jutong’s “Analysis of Seasonal Febrile Diseases” in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of nearly two hundred years. The formulation uses the two methods of sweating and clearing Heat. It is called the “method of relieving the Exterior Syndrome with herbs pungent in flavour and cool in nature”. It is an important formulation for the treatment of Wind-Heat Pattern of common cold and influenza characterized by fever, headache, sore throat, dry mouth and cough. Modern pharmacological studies have found that Exterior Heat has antipyretic (reduces fever), analgesic (reduces pain), antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory (reduces swelling and redness) and anti-allergic effects. Therefore, it can also be used to prevent and treat the initial stages of acute febrile diseases, such as acute tonsillitis, respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, measles, mumps, infectious mononucleosis. It can also be used for skin diseases such as rubella and shingles.

Note: Try to avoid oily, greasy, raw, cold sour foods while taking this formulation.

 Disclaimer: This unregistered medicine has not been evaluated by the SAHPRA for its quality, safety and intended use.