Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Relieving Exterior- Chong Chi Tang
          
             Chong Chi Tang

Spring Onion and Prepared Soybean Decoction

SOURCE: Zhou Hou Fang ( Handbook of Formulae for Emergencies)

INGREDIENTS:
Chong Bai (Spring onion stalk) 5 pcs.
Dou Chi (Prepared soybean) 30g

DIRECTIONS: These two herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration
EFFECTS: Activating yang to induce 'perspiration.
INDICATIONS: The beginning of exogenous attack with symptoms of chill,
fever, absence of sweat, headache, stuffy nose, etc.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a representative formual for treating the light syndrome of exogenous attack of
wind and cold. It is pungent flavor and warm nature but without dryness property. Chong Bai (Spring onion stalk) is the
main herb to activate yang and to relieve muscles and the exterior. As the assistant herb, Dou Chi (prepared soybean) is
to expel the exterior evil with the pungent and sweet flavors. The cooperation of spring onion stalk and prepared
soybean shows the moderate property which avoids the disadvantage of injuring body-fluid due to over sweating.

ASSOCIATED FORMULAE:

(1) Chong Bai Qi Wei Yin (Seven Herbs Decoction Including Spring Onion), (The Medical Secrets of an Official):
Chong Bai (Spring onion stalk) 9g, Ge Geng (pueraria root) 9g, Dou Chi (prepared soybean) 6g, Sheng Jiang (fresh
ginger) 6g,Mei Dong (ophiopogon root) 9 g, Di Hunag (rehmannia root) 9 g.
The above herbs should be decocted in water for oral use. It is to nourish blood for relieving the exterior. So it is
suitable to wind and cold attack with blood insufficiency due to deficiency during the convalescence or blood lose such
as hematemesis , hemafacia, hemoptysis and epistaxis, manifested by headache, fever, slight chill and absence of sweat.

(2) Chong Chi Jie Geng Tang (Spring Onion, Prepared Soybean and Platycodon Decoction), (Chong Ding Tong Shu
Shang Han Lun-Revised Popular Treatise on Cold-Attack) :
Chong Bai (Spring onion stalk) 3 to 5 pes. Jie Geng (platycodon root) 5g, Zhi Zi (capejasmine fruit) 6g, Dou Chi
(prepared soybean) 9g, Bo He (peppermint) 4g, Liang Qiao (forsythia fruit) 6g, Gan Cao (licorice) 2g, Dan Zhu Ye
(fresh lophatherum) 3g.
The above herbs should be decocted in water for oral use. It is to dispel wind for relieving the exterior and to clear
away the lung-heat. So it is applied to the beginning of wind-warm syndrome marked by headache, fever, slight chill or
aversion to wind, cough, sore throat, redness of tip of tongue with thin and white coating, floating rapid pulse.
NOTES: Both Chong Bai Qi Wei Yin (the Seven Herbs Decoction) Including Spring Onion and Chong Chi Jie Geng
(the Spring Onion, Prepared Soybean and Platycodon Decoction) are the modified formulae of Chong Chi Tang (spring
Onion and Prepared Soybean Decoction). The former mainly coop erates with herbs for nourishing yin and is usually
applied to the cases of yin deficiency with exterior cold syndrome, while the latter usually cooperates with herbs for
clearing away heat to form the pungent-cool exterior-relieving formula which is applied to the beginning of wind-warm
syndrome. It embodies the flexibility of herb combination in formulae.