What are the main indications for Lianqiao Baidu Tablets?

The main indications for Lianqiao Baidu Tablets generally include skin ulcers and swelling due to toxicity, sore throat, early-stage mastitis, erysipelas, and wind-heat common cold. Detailed explanations are as follows:

1. Skin ulcers and toxicity: This medication is used for skin ulcers caused by excessive heat toxicity, presenting as localized redness, swelling, pain, burning sensation, or pustules and ulcerations. It helps promote healing of ulcers and alleviate local inflammation by clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling, and dispersing nodules.

2. Sore throat: It is suitable for sore throat caused by wind-heat or heat toxicity invasion, accompanied by symptoms such as hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, and red, swollen throat mucosa. Its heat-clearing and throat-soothing effects can reduce inflammation in the throat area and relieve pain.

3. Early-stage mastitis: For early-stage mastitis caused by stagnation of heat toxicity, presenting as breast pain and swelling, localized redness, and tenderness without abscess formation yet, this medication can help detoxify, reduce swelling, dissipate blood stasis, and relieve pain, preventing further progression of the condition.

4. Erysipelas: For symptoms of erysipelas such as sudden reddening of the skin, bright red coloration resembling paint, clear lesion boundaries, and burning pain, this medication can clear internal heat toxicity, improve local blood circulation, and alleviate inflammatory symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the skin.

5. Wind-heat common cold: Used for symptoms of early-stage wind-heat common cold such as fever, headache, nasal congestion with yellow discharge, dry mouth and sore throat, and cough with yellow phlegm. It alleviates systemic discomfort caused by the common cold through the effects of dispersing wind-heat and clearing heat toxicity.

Lianqiao Baidu Tablets should be used under the guidance of a physician or pharmacist according to syndrome differentiation and should not be taken for prolonged periods on one's own. Patients with deficiency-cold in the spleen and stomach or those prone to diarrhea should use it cautiously. A light diet is recommended during treatment, and spicy, greasy, and cold foods should be avoided.