If there is a fever, add Chai Hu Radix Bupleuri 10g to clear Heat and reduce the fever 4.

If there is a headache, add Ju Hua Flos Chrysanthemi 10g and Man Jing Zi Fructus Viticis 10g to dispel Wind-Dry-Heat and sedate the headache 5. If there is a cough and expectoration of yellow phlegm due to invasion of the Lung by WindDry-Heat, add Gua Lou Fructus Trichosanthis 10g and Zhe Bei Mu Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii 10g to dispel the Wind, Dryness and Heat, disperse the Lung-Qi and relieve the cough 6. If there is constipation, add Gua Lou Ren Semen Trichosanthis 15g and Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Recens 15g to moisten the Large Intestine, promote the defecation and relieve the constipation.

Patent remedy

Qing Fei Yi Huo Pian Clear Lungs Restrain Fire Tablet. ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT Main points LI-4 Hegu, BL-12 Fengmen, TE-5 Waiguan, LU-7 Lieque, LU-8 Jingqu, LU-5 Chize, LI-18 Futu and ST-11 Qishe. Reducing method is applied on these points except LU-8 and LU-5, on which tonifying method is used, and even method is applied on LI-18 and ST11.

Explanations

LI-4, the Source point of the Large Intestine channel, BL-12, and TE-5, the Connecting point

of the Triple Burner channel, dispel External pathogenic factors and relieve the External symptoms LU-7, the Connecting point of the Lung channel, dispels the External factors from the Lung system, harmonises the collateral of the Lung and relieves the throat pain LU-8 and LU-5, the Metal point and the Water point from the Lung channel are used here to 124 head and neck pain promote secretion of Body Fluids in the Lung system, moisten the throat, relieve the Dryness and relieve the throat pain LI-18 and ST-11 are used as the local points to harmonise the channels and collaterals in the throat and relieve the throat pain.

Alternative points

LU-1 Zhongfu, LU-6 Kongzui, ST-9 Renying, ST-10 Shuitu, ST-41 Jiexi, BL10 Tianzhu and SP-6 Sanyinjiao, etc.

Modifications

1. If there is a fever and severe throat pain due to invasion of Wind-Heat-Dryness, add LU-10 and LI-2, the Spring points of the Lung channel and Large Intestine channel respectively, to clear the Heat and reduce the fever and swelling 2. If the throat is obviously swollen, then use bleeding method at LI-1 and LU-11 to clear Heat, reduce fever and relieve the throat pain

3. If there is difficulty in speaking and swallowing due to swelling in the throat, add CV-21 and CV-22 to reduce the swelling and benefit the throat strongly 4. If there is a cough with a yellow nasal discharge due to failure of Lung to disperse the Qi, add BL-13, the Back Transporting point of the Lung, and LU-1, the Front Collecting point of the Lung, to disperse the Lung-Qi and relieve the cough 5. If the nose is blocked, add LI-20 and BL-2 to clear the nose and relieve the nasal blockage 6. If there is a feeling of spasm or blockage in the throat due to invasion of Wind-Cold-Dryness, add CV-23 and moxibustion on LI-4, LU-7, BL-12 and BL-13 to dispel the Wind-Cold and Dryness and warm the collateral.