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Decoction for Clearing Metal and Moistening Dryness with Tianmen Winter Melon Pills

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Decoction for Clearing Metal and Moistening Dryness with Tianmen Winter Melon Pills,For cough caused by heat stagnation in the lungs, with thick and sticky phlegm.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Clearing Metal and Moistening Dryness with Tianmen Winter Melon Pills

Chinese Name : 清金润燥天门备丸

Drug Formulation

Asparagus root (core removed, roasted) 1.5 liang, lily bulb 0.75 qian, xianhuo 0.75 qian, fritillary bulb 0.75 qian (baked), pinellia 0.75 qian (washed in boiling water to remove slipperiness), platycodon root 0.75 qian, white mulberry bark 0.75 qian, stephania root 0.75 qian,Purple Aster 7.5 qian, Red Poria 7.5 qian, Raw Rehmannia 7.5 qian, Apricot Kernel (soaked in hot water, with skin, tip, and double kernels removed; stir-fried with bran until golden; ground into a paste) 7.5 qian.

Source

*Legal Code*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For cough caused by heat stagnation in the lungs, with thick and sticky phlegm.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, three times daily, with ginger decoction, at any time of day.

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Moistening Dryness with Tianmen Winter Melon Pills,*Legal Code*, Volume 5.,For cough caused by heat stagnation in the lungs, with thick and sticky phlegm.

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