bubble_chart Composition Coptis 6 gm, Pinellia 12 gm (washed), Trichosanthes fruit (large) 30 gm
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Take the above 3 ingredients, boil Trichosanthes kirilowii in 1.2 liters of water first to obtain 600 ml, remove the dregs, then add the other herbs, decoct to 500 ml, remove the dregs, and administer in three doses while warm.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heat and resolving phlegm, soothing the chest to dissipate bind.
bubble_chart Indications
Minor thoracic accumulation disease. Phlegm-heat intermingling, chest and gastric stuffiness, pain upon pressure, or coughing up thick yellow phlegm, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
Coptis Rhizome clears heat and purges fire, Pinellia resolves phlegm and opens binds. The combination of these two herbs, with their pungent dispersing and bitter descending properties, is effective in treating internal obstruction of phlegm-heat. Additionally, Trichosanthis Fruit clears heat and resolves phlegm, soothes the chest to dissipate binds. Together, these three herbs work synergistically to clear heat, resolve phlegm, and soothe the chest to dissipate binds.