The correct way to consume Onion, Black Bean and Platycodonopsis Soup is by decoction with water. Dried Onion, Black Bean and Platycodonopsis Soup consists of fresh white onion, bitter Platycodonopsis, burnt gardenia, tamarind, mint, green forsythia, raw licorice and tamarind leaves. Onion, Dried Scallion and Platycodonopsis Soup has the effect of dispersing wind and clearing heat. It is mainly used in treating the initial symptoms of wind-warmth, headache, body heat, slight aversion to wind-cold, cough, sore throat, thirst, red tongue, thin white moss, and floating pulse. The method of administration of Onion, Black Bean and Platycodonopsis Soup is decoction with water. It is recommended to take Dried Onion, Black Bean and Platycodonopsis Soup after meal because Dried Onion, Black Bean and Platycodonopsis Soup is an antidepressant formula, which can be taken after meal to focus more on clearing the evil qi in the muscular surface and the upper jiao, so as to let the medicinal effect to be exerted better. It is recommended to use this formula under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, as unauthorized use of this medicine may result in adverse effects.