🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Acute Tonsillitis
(1)
【Differential Diagnosis】External invasion of wind-heat, or cold-damage followed by transformation into heat, fiery heat ascending to attack the throat.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving sore throat and reducing swelling.
【Formula Name】Tonsil No. I.
【Composition】Eclipta Prostrata 12g, One-point Red 9g, Belamcanda 6g, Glycyrrhiza 6g.
【Usage】Decocted and taken orally, one dose daily, twice daily.
【Source】Guangxi Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
(2)
【Differential Diagnosis】Wind-heat tonsillitis.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving sore throat and reducing swelling.
【Formula Name】Chai Ge Lancao Tang.
【Composition】Isatis Root 10–30g, Radix Puerariae 10–30g, Herba Hedyotis 10–20g, Bupleurum 6–10g, Forsythia 6–15g, Fritillaria (Zhejiang) 3–12g, Belamcanda 3–10g, Schizonepeta 3–10g.
【Usage】Decocted and taken orally, one dose daily, twice daily.
【Source】Chinese Medical Journal.
(3)
【Differential Diagnosis】Heat-toxin accumulated in lungs and stomach, compounded by external wind pathogen, heat-toxin disturbing upward, coagulating in the throat.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain.
【Formula Name】Throat Swelling Relief Decoction.
【Composition】Honeysuckle 15–30g, Sophora Root 9–15g, Borax (dissolved separately) 1.5g, Raw Glycyrrhiza 9g.
【Usage】Decocted and taken orally, one dose daily, twice daily.
【Source】Hubei Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
(4)
【Differential Diagnosis】Heat-toxin accumulated in the throat.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and relieving sore throat.
【Formula Name】Modified Yinqiao Ma Bo San.
【Composition】Honeysuckle 15g, Forsythia 15g, Bezoar 10g, Belamcanda 12g, Arctium 12g, Sophora Root 6g, Isatis Root 30g, Isatis Leaf 20g, Platycodon 10g, Raw Glycyrrhiza 10g.
【Usage】Decocted and taken orally, one dose daily, three times daily.
【Source】Guangxi Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.