Effect
Removing dryness and moistening the lung.
Indications
Impairment of the lung due to warm-dryness, marked by headache, fever, dry cough without sputum, belching, dyspnea, dry throat, restlessness, thirst, dry tongue without coating, and weak large rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as respiratory tract infection, pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Ingredients
Folium Mori (Sangye)">Folium Mori (Sangye) 9 g,
Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) 7.5 g,
Radix Ginseng (Ren shen) 2 g,
Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren) 2 g,
Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) 3 g,
Hu Ma Ren (Fructus Cannabis) 3 g,
Folium Eriobotryae (Pipaye)">Folium Eriobotryae (Pipaye) 3 g,
Colla Corii Asini (Ejiao) 2.4 g,
Mai Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis) 3.6 g.
Explanation
Sang Ye: The principal drug, ventilating the lung to dispel dryness.
Shi Gao: Removing heat in the Lung Channel.
Mai Dong: Removing dryness from the lung.
Xing Ren and Pi Pa Ye: Facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi.
E Jiao and Hu Ma Ren: Moistening the lung and nourishing Yin.
Ren Shen and Gan Cao: Invigorating Qi and regulating the function of the middle-Jiao.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.