bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing the lungs and stomach, producing fluid to moisten dryness.

bubble_chart Indications

Dryness injures the lung and stomach, leading to fluid deficiency pattern. Symptoms include dry throat, thirst, dry cough with little phlegm, a red tongue with scant coating, and a thin, rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for dryness-heat damage to yin, leading to deficiency of lung and stomach fluids. In the prescription, Coastal Glehnia Root and Ophiopogon Tuber, which are sweet and cold in nature, enrich yin and produce fluid, clearing and nourishing the lung and stomach; Polyghace Seche and smallpox, when used together, promote fluid production to quench thirst and nourish yin to benefit the stomach; Hyacinth Bean and Liquorice Root, both entering the spleen, tonify the middle and strengthen the spleen to enhance the source of fluid and blood production, assisted by Mulberry Leaf, which is pungent and cool, lightly dispersing and clearing the lung. The combination of these herbs achieves the effect of clearing and moistening the lung and stomach, and promoting fluid production to relieve cough.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. dry cough with little phlegm.
2. Dry mouth and throat.
3. Red tongue with little coating.
4. Thin and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Both deficiency and heat: add Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
2. Blood in phlegm: add common bletilla pseudobulb, hairyvein agrimonia herb, lalang grass rhizome
3. cough with difficulty in expectorating phlegm: add Coltsfoot Flower, Trichosanthes Seed, Fritillaria Bulb.
4. Epigastric dull pain: add Peony Root, Dried Tangerine Peel.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Chronic bronchitis, chronic pneumonia, chronic pharyngitis, chronic gastritis, infantile aphtha, digestive tract ulcer.