Compound Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Stopping Cough，Formula from *Medical Case Records of Huang Wendong*; name cited in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*.，For hemoptysis due to bronchiectasis, characterized by dry heat in the lungs and excessive liver fire scorching the lung collaterals, causing blood to flow uncontrollably; symptoms include coughing up sputum mixed with fresh blood, chest pain and distension in the flanks, irritability and quick temper, lower back soreness, early menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, dryness in the nose and mouth with a desire to drink, a red tongue with a thin, greasy coating, and a string-like, fine, and scattered pulse.
Compound Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Stopping Cough
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Formulas Name : Compound Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Stopping Cough
Chinese Name : 复方清肺止咯汤
Drug Formulation
3 qian of mulberry leaf bark, 5 qian of lycium bark, 3 qian of raw licorice, 5 qian of raw rehmannia root, 5 qian of sanguisorba root, 4 qian of loquat leaves (wrapped), 5 qian of roasted aster root, 3 qian of scutellaria root, and 5 qian of Daiha Powder (wrapped).
Source
Formula from *Medical Case Records of Huang Wendong*; name cited in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*.
Benefits
For hemoptysis due to bronchiectasis, characterized by dry heat in the lungs and excessive liver fire scorching the lung collaterals, causing blood to flow uncontrollably; symptoms include coughing up sputum mixed with fresh blood, chest pain and distension in the flanks, irritability and quick temper, lower back soreness, early menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, dryness in the nose and mouth with a desire to drink, a red tongue with a thin, greasy coating, and a string-like, fine, and scattered pulse.
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Compound Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Stopping Cough,For hemoptysis due to bronchiectasis, characterized by dry heat in the lungs and excessive liver fire scorching the lung collaterals, causing blood to flow uncontrollably; symptoms include coughing up sputum mixed with fresh blood, chest pain and distension in the flanks, irritability and quick temper, lower back soreness, early menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, dryness in the nose and mouth with a desire to drink, a red tongue with a thin, greasy coating, and a string-like, fine, and scattered pulse.