Effect
Clear lung-heat and nourish the lung, resolve phlegm.
Indications
Cough with dyspnea, accumulation of sthenia-heat in lung.
Ingredients
Semen Coicis (Yiyiren) 23 g,
Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae (Fangji) 23 g,
Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren) 23 g,
Benincasa hispida (Dongguazi ) 23 g,
Feng Huang Yi 7.5 g.
Explanation
Yi Yi Ren: Removing dampness and subduing swelling.
Xing Ren: Relieving cough and dyspnea, moistening intestines for relaxing bowels.
Dong Gua Zi: Nourishing the lung and resolving phlegm, curing abscess and promoting diuresis.
Feng Huang Yi: Nourishing yin to clear away the lung heat.
Fang Ji: Expelling wind and removing dampness.
Administration
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. 12 g of the powder is decocted in water for oral dose to be taken on empty stomach.