The cough is completely dry, without phlegm.
Bei Mu Gua Lou San
(Fritillaria-Trichosanthes Powder)
Chuan Bei Mu Bulbus Fritillariae cirrhosae 5 g
Gua Lou Semen Trichosanthis 3 g
Tian Hua Fen Radix Trichosanthis 2.5 g
Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 2.5 g
Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae 2.5 g
Jie Geng Radix Platycodi grandiflori 2.5 gExplanation
- Chuan Bei Mu restores the descending of Lung-Qi, stops cough and resolves
Phlegm-Heat. - Gua Lou resolves Phlegm-Heat and relieves fullness in the chest.
- Tian Hua Fen promotes fluids and moistens dryness.
- Fu Ling and Chen Pi help to resolve Phlegm.
- Jie Geng restores the descending of Lung-Qi and stops cough.
This formula is also for Dryness and residual Heat in the Lungs following an invasion of
Wind-Heat, but with the addition of some Phlegm. The cough is therefore dry but with some
scanty and sticky phlegm which is difficult to expectorate. This situation arises because
Wind-Heat may, on the one hand, dry fluids and lead to Dryness and, on the other hand, it
condenses fluids into Phlegm.
Patent Remedy
Qiu Li Gao
(Autumn Pear Syrup)
Qiu Li Fructus Pyri
Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici
Zhe Bei Mu Bulbus Fritillariae thunbergii
Ou Jie Nodus Nelumbinis neciferae rhizomatis