Ginger-Cinnamon Erchen Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，Cough due to lung cold results from water pathogens invading the lungs; the cold of water and metal causes coughing with frothy sputum, a sense of oppression in the chest and epigastrium, and a chilling sensation in the skin and muscles.
Ginger-Cinnamon Erchen Decoction
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Formulas Name : Ginger-Cinnamon Erchen Decoction
Chinese Name : 姜桂二陈汤
Drug Formulation
5 fen of processed ginger, 5 fen of cassia twig, 1 qian of tangerine peel, 1 qian of pinellia, 2 qian of shepherd’s purse seeds, 1 qian 5 fen of angelica root, 2 qian of poria, 1 qian of white atractylodes, 1 qian 5 fen of perilla seeds, 3 qian of apricot kernels, 1 liang of coix seeds (decocted in water as a substitute for plain water).
Source
*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.
Benefits
Cough due to lung cold results from water pathogens invading the lungs; the cold of water and metal causes coughing with frothy sputum, a sense of oppression in the chest and epigastrium, and a chilling sensation in the skin and muscles.
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Ginger-Cinnamon Erchen Decoction,Cough due to lung cold results from water pathogens invading the lungs; the cold of water and metal causes coughing with frothy sputum, a sense of oppression in the chest and epigastrium, and a chilling sensation in the skin and muscles.