Fang name | Phragmites Stem Decoction |
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[Efficacy]
resolving phlegm, dispelling stasis to drain pus.
for lung abscess. Symptoms include mild fever, frequent cough phlegm, and even vomiting of fishy odor and pus and blood, dull pain in the chest, red tongue, thin yellow or greasy fur, and slippery and rapid pulse.
Lung abscess is mostly caused by wind-heat external invasion, phlegm heat knots internally, and combined internal and external pathogens, resulting in phlegm blood stasis and stagnation in the lungs, resulting in carbuncle and pus. Treatment should be clearing heat and resolving phlegm, removing blood stasis and expelling pus. In the prescription, reed rhizome (Reed Rhizome) is used to clear the lungs and relieve heat. It is an important medicine for treating lung abscess and is the main medicine; waxgourd seed dispelling phlegm expelling pus. Auxiliary drugs: Yiren clears heat and draining dampness, Peach Kernel promotes blood circulation and dispelling phlegm, and together they are guiding medicinal substances. This prescription is a medicine. Although its nature and taste are bland, it has the functions of clearing heat and resolving phlegm and dispelling stasis to drain pus. For lung abscess that is about to form, taking it can dissipate it. For those that have already formed pus, taking it can make the pus in the lungs drain out and remove blood stasis, and the carbuncle can be cured. Although the medicine has four flavors, it has a comprehensive effect. Since the disease is in the upper energizer, Qinghua products are all used in the prescription. [Modern application]Modern medicine believes that this prescription is antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, dispelling phlegm, antitussive, antipyretic, activates the macrophage system, and enhances the body's constitution and vitality. Clinically, it is mainly used for lung abscess, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lobar pneumonia and lung cancer.