Zhang Zhongjing’s Ancient Formula for Allergic Rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is known as congested nose in Chinese medicine, and Zhang Zhongjing’s relevant formula for treating this disease is Ephedra, Epimedium, and Ziziphi, Fine and Simple Soup, which is mainly used for treating congested nose of the deficiency-cold type. This formula is mainly used for treating congested nose with deficiency cold. The formula is designed for treating symptoms of congested nose with deficiency cold due to deficiency of yang in the body and wind-cold infection. In this formula, ephedra is pungent and warm, and it is used as a sovereign medicine to expel wind and dispel cold (by sweating to remove evil qi from the surface of the body), and spinach is pungent and hot, and it is used as a ministerial medicine to warm the kidneys and help the kidney yang qi (to warm and tonify the kidney yang qi). The symptoms of congested nose are mainly caused by the deficiency of lung and kidney qi, and Ephedra and Pseudostemonium Finex Soup is an effective formula for treating congested nose by Zhang Zhongjing, as it dispels evils and tonifies the lung and kidney at the same time. It is recommended that patients with symptoms that require Chinese medicine treatment should go to the hospital and have a doctor prescribe a specific prescription based on their condition, rather than taking medication blindly on their own in order to avoid causing damage to the body.