1 Trichosanthes fruit (pounded) 12 gm of Allium macrostemon 700 ml of white wine

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

The above three ingredients are decocted to 200 ml, divided into two doses, and administered while warm.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispersing yang stagnation, regulating qi, and resolving phlegm.

bubble_chart Indications

The chest yang is not invigorated, leading to qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction, resulting in chest impediment, wheezing, coughing, spitting, chest and back pain, shortness of breath, and a deep and slow wrist pulse with a small, tight, and rapid pulse at the guan position.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The chest impediment treated by this formula is caused by the deficiency of chest yang and the upward stagnation of phlegm-turbidity. In the formula, Trichosanthis Fruit is used to resolve phlegm, unblock obstruction, regulate qi, and widen the chest, serving as the sovereign herb; Longstamen Onion Bulb warms and unblocks chest yang, disperses nodules, and lowers qi, acting as the minister herb; additionally, white wine, with its pungent and dispersing properties, moves upward, warming the yang in the chest and dredging the qi in the chest and diaphragm, serving as the assistant and envoy. The combination of these three herbs transforms phlegm-turbidity, invigorates chest yang, and ensures smooth qi movement, thereby eliminating chest impediment.