Enhanced Reed Stem Decoction

Enhanced Reed Stem Decoction,For typhoid fever affecting the lower diaphragm, where toxins have penetrated the lungs to form an abscess; characterized by coughing up foul-smelling, turbid phlegm, or even vomiting pus; accompanied by a dull, persistent pain in the chest; a tongue coated with a thick, white, putrid coating; and a slippery, rapid, and full pulse at the right cun position.

Formulas Name : Enhanced Reed Stem Decoction

Chinese Name : 加味苇茎汤

Drug Formulation

Raw coix seeds 5 qian, trichosanthes seeds 4 qian, polished peach kernels 1.5 qian, Sichuan fritillary bulb 1.5 qian, licorice nodes 1.5 qian, honeysuckle 2 qian, forsythia 2 qian, processed moonstone 0.8 fen, aged mustard greens brine 2 diao (added after brewing).

Source

From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.

Benefits

For typhoid fever affecting the lower diaphragm, where toxins have penetrated the lungs to form an abscess; characterized by coughing up foul-smelling, turbid phlegm, or even vomiting pus; accompanied by a dull, persistent pain in the chest; a tongue coated with a thick, white, putrid coating; and a slippery, rapid, and full pulse at the right cun position.

Instructions for Use

First, prepare a decoction using 2 liang each of reed root soaked in running water, fresh bodhi root, and fresh winter melon peel, to be used in place of water.

Enhanced Reed Stem Decoction,From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For typhoid fever affecting the lower diaphragm, where toxins have penetrated the lungs to form an abscess; characterized by coughing up foul-smelling, turbid phlegm, or even vomiting pus; accompanied by a dull, persistent pain in the chest; a tongue coated with a thick, white, putrid coating; and a slippery, rapid, and full pulse at the right cun position.

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