“The Journal of Chinese Medicine” <info@jcm.co.uk>
Subject: NEWS FROM THE JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE: SARS PREVENTION

SARS: CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE PREVENTION PRESCRIPTIONS

The University of Hong Kong, School of Chinese Medicine, has devised
two herbal formulas for prevention of SARS (severe acute respiratory
syndrome).
They say the staff at their clinics have been taking these herbal teas
for more than a month and so far, none has been infected.

1. Chinese Medicine Prescription for the Prevention of CVP (1) for
general
use

Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi) 12g
Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae) 15g
Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae) 15g
Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi) 15g
Tai Zi Shen (Radix Pseudostellariae Heterophyllae) 15g
Bai Zhu  (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 15g
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) 9g                       

2. Chinese Medicine Prescription for the Prevention of CVP (2) for
those
with weak constitution with dampness

Huo Xiang Fu (Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi) 15g
Pei Lan (Herba Eupatorii Fortunei) 9g
Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae) 12g
Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae) 12g
Sang Ye (Folium Mori Albae) 15g
Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi) 9g
Processed Bai Zhu  (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 15g
Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi) 18g
Tai Zi Shen (Radix Pseudostellariae Heterophyllae) 18g
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) 9g

Remarks
These herbal teas are prescribed for the purpose of preventing and
enhancing body condition against infection only. Should you find any “infected”
symptoms, such as having fever, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, muscular
pain, coughing and feeling cold, you should go to the hospitals.

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