Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• LU-9 tonifies Lung-Yin.


• LU-5 nourishes the Water of the Lungs and, according to the book "An Explanation of
  Acupuncture Points" (1654) when sadness has affected the Lungs causing dryness of this
  organ and the person cries a lot.83.(272)


• KI-3 and Ren-4 nourish Kidney-Yin and calm the Mind.


• LU-7 and KI-6 open the Directing Vessel, nourish Lung- and Kidney-Yin and benefit the
  throat.


• BL-23 and BL-52 tonify the Kidneys and strengthen Will-Power.


• BL-42 tonifies the Lungs and settles the Corporeal Soul.

Herbal Treatment

Prescriptions

Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
(Ophiopogon-Schisandra-Rehmannia Pill)

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata 24 g

Shan Zhu Yu Fructus Corni officinalis 12 g

Shan Yao Radix Dioscoreae oppositae 12 g

Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis orientalis 9 g

Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicis 9 g

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 9 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 6 g

Wu Wei Zi Fructus Schisandrae chinensis 6 g

Explanation

This is a variation of the previous formula with the addition of Mai Men Dong and Wu Wei Zi
which nourish Lung-Yin. The main physical manifestations, in addition to those of Liu Wei Di
Huang Wan, are therefore a dry cough, a dry throat, slight breathlessness and possibly
blood-flecked sputum.

Mental-Emotional Pattern

All the mental-emotional characteristics of the previous case apply here. The main difference is