Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• Ma Huang and Xing Ren restore the descending of Lung-Qi, stop breathlessness and
  expel Wind-Cold.


• Shi Gao clears interior Lung-Heat.


• Gan Cao harmonizes.

Variations

• In case of profuse phlegm add Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis, Sang Bai Pi
  Cortex Mori radicis and Gua Lou Semen Trichosanthis.

Patent Remedy

Zhi Sou Ding Chuan Wan
(Stopping Cough and Calming Breathlessness Pill)

Ma Huang Herba Ephedrae

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae

Shi Gao Gypsum fibrosum

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata

Explanation

This remedy has the same ingredients and functions as the homonymous prescription above.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Red body with a yellow coating.

Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs

Clinical Manifestations

Cough, breathlessness, pain in the chest, profuse sticky-yellow or blood-tinged sputum,
irritability, uncomfortable feeling in the chest, feeling of heat, sweating, thirst, red face, dry
throat, dark urine, constipation.

Tongue: Red with sticky-yellow coating.

Pulse: Slippery-Rapid.