Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Jie Geng Radix Platycodi grandiflori 4.5 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 6 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 3 g

Explanation

• Huang Qin, Zhi Zi and Zhi Mu clear Lung-Heat.


• Bei Mu, Gua Lou and Sang Bai Pi resolve Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs and restore the
  descending of Lung-Qi.


• Chen Pi and Fu Ling resolve Dampness which helps to resolve Phlegm.


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


• Mai Dong nourishes Lung-Yin, to prevent injury of Lung-fluids from Heat.


• Gan Cao harmonizes.

Variations

• As there is nearly always a Spleen deficiency which produces Phlegm, add Bai Zhu
  Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae and Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae.


• If there is purulent sputum add Dan Nan Xing Rhizoma Arisaematis praeparata, Yi Yi
  Ren Semen Coicis lachryma jobi and Dong Gua Ren Semen Benincasae hispidae.


• If there is a pronounced feeling of oppression in the chest and constipation add Da Huang
  Rhizoma Rhei.


• If the Heat part of Phlegm-Heat has begun to injure fluids add Nan Sha Shen Radix
  Adenophorae, Tian Men Dong Tuber Asparagi cochinchinensis and Tian Hua Fen Radix
  Trichosanthis.

Case History 8.3

Cough: Lung Phlegm-Heat-Female, Age 80

An 80-year-old woman had been suffering from a persistent cough for 5 years. The cough was
productive of scanty-sticky yellow sputum and she experienced a sensation of oppression of the
chest. Her health was otherwise very good: she was a keen practitioner and teacher of Yoga. Her
body was thin and her skin was dry. Her pulse was slightly Floating-Empty in general and