CQ Jr. (liquid)

CQ Jr. (liquid) | Blue Poppy
Resolves the exterior and dispels wind, clears heat and resolves toxins, disinhibits the throat and abates fever at the same time as harmonizing the liverspleen, transforming phlegm, and eliminating dampness

This formula is meant for the treatment of recurrent sore throats in children, including those diagnosed as strep throat.

Because of inherent spleen qi vacuity, children’s defensive qi tends to be vacuous and insecure. The more vacuous the spleen, the more likely it is a child may suffer from recurrent catching cold and sore throats.

Overeating sweets and overuse of antibiotics worsen this tendency. Therefore, within this formula, Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri), Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae), Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae), and Niu Bang Zi (Fructus Arctii) all clear heat and dispel wind, while Jin Yin Hua, Lian Qiao, Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae), Sheng Di (uncooked Radix Rehmanniae), and Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis/Baphicacanthi) clear heat and resolve toxins. Among these heatclearing medicinals, Xuan Shen, Niu Bang Zi, and Ban Lan Gen have the empirical function of disinhibiting the throat. Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) clears any internal heat in the lungs, liver, and stomach which may exacerbate any heat in the exterior. Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri) also drains the liver based on the fact that, in children, the liver commonly has a surplus. Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis), Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinellia), Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), and Sheng Jiang (uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis) fortify the spleen at the same time as they transform phlegm and eliminate dampness that congeals into phlegm. Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi) also transforms phlegm and, along with Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), guides all the other medicinals in the formula to the upper body, including the region the chest and neck. Because the blood is the mother of the qi, the addition of Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) and Bai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Albae) help in the engenderment of the qi at the same time as relaxing the liver and harmonizing the defensive and constructive.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF WIND HEAT EXTERNAL CONTRACTION INCLUDE

• Sore throat
• Possible nasal congestion
• Possible fever
• Possible cough
• A superficial or floating, red vein at the wind bar or gate on the ventral surface of the index finger

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT TOXINS AND PHLEGM BINDING INCLUDE

• Worse sore throat
• Swollen glands

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SPLEEN QI/DEFENSIVE QI VACUITY INCLUDE

• Age less than six or seven years
• A craving for sweets
• Easy and/or recurrent catching of cold
• A tendency to loose stools
• A blue vein between the eyebrows at the socalled root of the nose
• A history of antibiotics, especially recurrent courses of antibiotics