Extract of Sichuan Fritillary Bulb for Bronchial Asthma (Image)

INGREDIENTS
Sichuan fritillary bulb, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, 30g
Bitter apricot kernel, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, 20g
Root of purple-flowered peucedanum, Radix Peucedani, 15g
Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao), 30g
Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao), 10g
Red tangerine peel, Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae, 30g
Snow pear, Pyrus nivalis, 6
Waxgourd, Fructus Benincasae, 100g
Crystal sugar, 150g
Alum, Alumen (right amount)

PROCESS: First decoct in water the bitter apricot kernel, root of purple-flowered peucedanum, gyspum and raw licorice root and sift out 500ml of the decoction; cut the waxgourd strips into bits as small as soybeans, break the Sichuan fritillary bulb into pieces and grind the red tangerine peel into powder; peel and pound the pears and mix them with the alum solution. Then put into the solution the waxgourd bits, the scrumbs of the crystal sugar, the broken Sichuan fritillary bulb, the red tangerine peel powder. And then pour the decoction into them in a big bowl and mix them well.  Finally put the bowl of the mixture in a food steamer and steam it with the bowl in the boiling water for about 50 minutes until it becomes sticky and thick extract.

DIRECTIONS: To be taken in several days, in the amount which one thinks fit per day. Suitable for Asthma of heat type.