Fang name | Lung-Clearing Decoction |
[Preparation method and dosage]
Add ginger and fry, administer between meals.
[Efficacy]
tonifying qi moisturizing, clearing the lung and resolving phlegm.
[Indications]
Damp phlegm gas reverses and coughs.
[Prescription]
Bitter Apricot Seed ventilating lung and resolving phlegm; Fritillaria Bulb clearing fire and resolving phlegm; Schisandra Fruit astringes lung qi and relieves cough; Poria eliminates dampness and regulates the spleen; red tangerine exocarp moving qi improves qi; Liquorice Root In Hezhong: Platycodon Root clears the lungs and relieves the diaphragm, carrying medicine upward; Fresh Ginger Rhizome helps Bitter Apricot Seed to spread Cold evil.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
It can be used by those who have a lot of cough phlegm, are sticky and easy to cough, and have chest tightness and slight wheezing.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Runny nose: add Mentha, Saposhnikovia Root, perilla leaf, Skullcap Root .
- thirst and sore throat: add gypsum and Anemarrhena.
- Chronic cough and lung deficiency: Add Ginseng and Astragalus Root.
- cough: add Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
- For severe stomach fire: add gypsum and Coptis Rhizome.
- For more lung fire: add white mulberry bark, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark, Skullcap Root.
[Modern application]
Chronic bronchitis, bronchial wheezing, common cold cough, chronic pharyngitis.
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