Digu Paste

Digu Paste,Heat in the Lung Meridian: detectable only with a light touch; absent upon slight pressure; faintly visible on the skin and hair; accompanied by shortness of breath, coughing, and chills with a shivering sensation.

Formulas Name : Digu Paste

Chinese Name : 地骨膏

Drug Formulation

10 jin of fresh Rehmannia root (pounded to extract juice, then simmered together with the juices of the other herbs), 1 jin of Angelica sinensis root, half a jin of Paeonia lactiflora root, half a jin of Lycium barbarum fruit, 6 liang of Asparagus cochinchinensis, 6 liang of Ophiopogon japonicus, 2 liang of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 2 liang of Moutan bark, 4 liang of lotus seed, 3 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 3 liang of Lycium barbarum bark, 1 liang of Ginseng, and 1 liang of Licorice.

Source

*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 16 of the First Series.

Benefits

Heat in the Lung Meridian: detectable only with a light touch; absent upon slight pressure; faintly visible on the skin and hair; accompanied by shortness of breath, coughing, and chills with a shivering sensation.

Instructions for Use

Combine all the herbs listed above with 2 dou of water; decoct until reduced to 1 dou, strain out the residue, and mix the liquid with the juice of raw Rehmannia root. Simmer together until it forms a paste, then take it.

Digu Paste,*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 16 of the First Series.,Heat in the Lung Meridian: detectable only with a light touch; absent upon slight pressure; faintly visible on the skin and hair; accompanied by shortness of breath, coughing, and chills with a shivering sensation.

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