Jianlan Leaf Paste，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For coughing with choking and sticky phlegm; whooping cough in children.
Jianlan Leaf Paste
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Formulas Name : Jianlan Leaf Paste
Chinese Name : 建兰叶膏
Drug Formulation
4 liang fresh Jianlan leaves, 4 liang Southern Glehnia root, 4 liang Northern Glehnia root, 4 liang Sichuan fritillary bulb, 2 liang elephant’s tusk fritillary bulb, 4 liang winter mulberry leaves, 2 jin 8 liang fresh loquat leaves, 1 liang purple aster, 2 liang winter honeysuckle flowers, 7 qian 5 fen platycodon root,2 liang of tangerine peel, 4 liang of winter melon seeds, 2 liang of Scrophularia root, 8 liang of clam shells, 4 liang of fresh lotus root juice, 2 liang of fresh rice leaf dew, and 4 liang of Ya pears.
Source
*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.
Processing
Decoct a total of 3 times, squeeze out all the liquid, and discard the residue. Clarify and filter the decoctions from all three batches, add 2 jin 8 liang of rock sugar, simmer until thoroughly dissolved, filter to collect the paste, yielding approximately 2 jin of paste.
Benefits
For coughing with choking and sticky phlegm; whooping cough in children.
Instructions for Use
Take 4 qian each time, dissolved in boiling water, twice daily; reduce the dose by half for children.
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Jianlan Leaf Paste,For coughing with choking and sticky phlegm; whooping cough in children.