Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Tian Hua Fen Radix Trichosanthis 9 g

Sang Ye Folium Mori albae 9 g

Bian Dou Semen Dolichoris lablab 9 g

Yu Zhu Rhizoma Polygonati odorati 12 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 3 g

Clinical Manifestations

Mild attacks of asthma at night, dry cough, dry throat, breathlessness on exertion, slight
night-sweating.

Tongue: Red, without coating in the front part.

Pulse: Floating-Empty on the right Front position.

Explanation

This formula treats Lung-Yin and Stomach-Yin deficiency with dryness and some Empty-Heat.

• Bei Sha Shen and Mai Men Dong nourish Lung-Yin.


• Tian Hua Fen promotes fluids and clears dryness.


• Sang Ye promotes the descending of Lung-Qi and benefits the throat.


• Bian Dou tonifies the Spleen and is used according to the principle of strengthening the
  Earth to tonify Metal.


• Yu Zhu clears Empty-Heat and benefits fluids.


• Gan Cao harmonizes.

This formula is also suitable to treat either late-onset asthma with Lung-Yin deficiency or asthma
attacks from injury of Lung-Yin in children after a febrile Warm disease.

Mai Men Dong Tang
(Ophiopogon Decoction)

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 15 g

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae 12 g

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae 6 g