bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and resolving phlegm.

bubble_chart Indications

Cough with copious yellow, sticky, and difficult-to-expectorate phlegm; chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness; red tongue with yellow, greasy coating; slippery and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The syndrome treated by this formula is caused by excessive internal heat scorching the lungs and condensing fluids into phlegm. In the formula, Fritillaria Bulb, Trichosanthis Fruit, and Platycodon Root clear and resolve heat phlegm; Skullcap Root and Gardenia clear and purge internal heat; red tangerine exocarp regulates qi; together, they serve as the sovereign medicinals in the formula. White Mulberry Root-Bark clears lung heat and relieves cough, acting as the minister medicinal in the formula. Ophiopogon Tuber and Anemarrhena moisten the lungs and prevent heat from damaging yin; Poria strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness; raw Liquorice Root drains fire and harmonizes the other medicinals; together, they serve as the assistant medicinals in the formula.