This formula is a modification of Bi Qiu Tang (Sniveling Nose Decoction) created by Dr. Wei Zi-zhang of the Guangxi College of Chinese Medicine First Affiliated Hospital. Dry Rhizoma Zingiberis (Gan Jiang) has been substituted for Herba Asari Cum Radice (Xi Xin) due to Xi Xin's containing aristolochic acid.

Pattern discrimination:

Wind evils invading because the defensive qi is not securing the exterior. This in turn is due to insufficient spleen (and possible kidney) vacuity with deep-lying phlegm rheum.