Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• Dang Gui and Bai Shao nourish Blood to help nourish Yin. Dang Gui also stops cough.


• Jie Geng restores the descending of Lung-Qi, benefits the throat and stops cough.


• Bei Mu clears Lung-Heat, restores the descending of Lung-Qi and calms cough and
  asthma.


• Gan Cao harmonizes.

Patent Remedies

Bai He Gu Jin Wan
(Lilium Consolidating Metal Pill)

Same ingredients and functions as the above decoction.

Ping Chuan Wan
(Calming Breathlessness Pill)

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae

Ge Jie Gecko

Dong Chong Xia Cao Sclerotium Cordicipitis chinensis

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae

Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis

Sang Bai Pi Cortex Mori albae radicis

Bai Qian Radix et Rhizoma Cynanchii stautoni

Meng Shi Lapis Chloriti

Wu Zhi Mao Tao Radix Fici simplicissimae

Man Hu Tui Zi Semen Elaeagni glabrae thunbergii

Explanation

This pill tonifies Qi, strengthens the Lung and Kidney's Defensive-Qi systems, nourishes
Lung-Yin and restores the descending of Lung-Qi. It is quite similar in effect to the previous
one: they differ in that Bai He Gu Jin Wan is more moistening and slightly less tonifying than
Ping Chuan Wan. This latter pill is also more specific for asthma as it contains Ge Jie and it also
tonifies Spleen-Qi as it contains Dang Shen.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale body.