Cough, Cold and Flu Remedies (咳嗽感冒)

This is our largest range, and the one Australian households come back to each winter. It brings together more than a hundred lines: syrups and loquat preparations from Nin Jiom, granules and tablets from 999 and Baiyunshan, classical pills from Beijing Tongrentang, throat lozenges, and the raw herbs used to cook a traditional soup at home.

How the range is organised

Chinese medicine has never regarded “a cold” as a single thing. The tradition distinguishes between a wind-cold pattern and a wind-heat pattern, between a dry cough and a productive one, and between the first day of an illness and the lingering weeks afterwards. That is why you will find several formulas here that a Western pharmacy would file under a single heading — Yin Qiao and Ganmao Qingre are used in different circumstances, not interchangeably.

If you know the formula name you want, the search box will find it by pinyin, by Chinese characters or by English name. If you don’t, our staff have worked with these ranges for years and are happy to talk you through the differences in store or by email.

Holding a practitioner’s prescription slip you can’t match to a product? Send us a photo and we’ll identify it for you.

Traditional use information is provided for general education only and is not medical advice. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified practitioner before use, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or managing a health condition.