bubble_chart Efficacy

Resolving phlegm, dispelling stasis to drain pus.

bubble_chart Indications

For lung abscess. Symptoms include mild fever, cough with copious phlegm, even expectoration of foul-smelling pus and blood, vague pain in the chest, red tongue with thin yellow or yellow greasy coating, and slippery rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Lung abscess is mostly caused by the invasion of wind-heat externally and the internal accumulation of phlegm-heat, leading to the combination of internal and external pathogens, resulting in the stagnation of phlegm and blood in the lungs, which develops into abscess and pus. Treatment should focus on clearing heat and resolving phlegm, transforming stasis, and expelling pus. In the formula, Reed Rhizome is used to clear lung heat and is the main medicinal for treating lung abscess; waxgourd seed assists by dispelling phlegm and expelling pus; Coix seed clears heat and drains dampness, and Peach Kernel activates blood and dispels phlegm, serving as supporting and guiding medicinals. Although the medicinal properties and flavors of the components in this formula are mild, when combined, they effectively clear heat and resolve phlegm, dispel stasis, and drain pus. For lung abscesses that are about to form, taking this formula can help dissipate them; for those that have already formed pus, it can help expel the pus and remove stasis from the lungs, thereby curing the abscess. Although the formula consists of only four ingredients, their effects are comprehensive. Since the disease is located in the upper energizer, the formula uses medicinals that clear and transform.

Modern medicine believes that this formula has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, phlegm-dispelling, cough-suppressing, antipyretic effects, activates the macrophage system, and enhances the body's constitution and vitality. It is clinically used mainly for lung abscess, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lobar pneumonia, and lung cancer.