The difference between Yin Qiao San and Sang Ju Drink lies in the pharmaceutical dosage form, drug composition, efficacy and effects.
1. Yin Qiao San is a proprietary Chinese medicine, which is composed of honeysuckle, platycodon, licorice and so on. It has the efficacy of pungent-cooling and transmitting (using pungent-cooling medicines to transmute and disperse the evil qi of the muscle surface), and clearing heat and removing toxins. It can be used for wind-heat cold, dry mouth and cough, and short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow color).
The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not clear at present. Caution should be taken to avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy, greasy, wind-cold and cold, and caution should be taken when the spleen and stomach are cold.
2. Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Drink is a traditional Chinese medicine formula composed of mulberry leaves, mint and licorice. It has the effects of dispersing wind and clearing heat, and promoting the lungs to stop coughing (stopping coughing by promoting lung qi). It is used for light evidence of wind-warm surface heat. The adverse reactions, contraindications and medication matters of this product are not clear at present.
From the comparison of the two drugs, Yin Qiao San and Sang Ju Drink have different focuses, Yin Qiao San is used for fever caused by wind-heat colds, short and reddish urine; Sang Ju Drink is used for coughs caused by wind-heat colds, comparatively speaking, Sang Ju Drink is stronger in promoting lung qi to stop coughs.
Before taking these two medicines, you need to be guided by a Chinese doctor to identify the symptoms and should not take the medicine on your own, so as not to cause adverse consequences to the body.