Five Spirit Decoction
[Ingredients] Schizonepeta 10 grams, Perilla leaf 10 grams, Fresh ginger 15 grams, Tea leaves 6 grams, Brown sugar 30 grams.
[Preparation] Wash Schizonepeta and Perilla leaf, place together with tea leaves and fresh ginger in a clay pot, add 500 grams of water, soak for 20 minutes, then simmer gently for 10 minutes to extract the juice. Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
[Usage] Take as needed.
[Function] Induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms. Suitable for wind-cold common cold with symptoms such as fever without sweating, clear nasal discharge, and scanty thin phlegm.
[Comment] Best effective when taken at the initial stage of external contraction.