Kidney-Nourishing and Du Meridian-Opening Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For asthma due to deficiency-cold, with difficulty expectorating phlegm, chest tightness and oppression, and only 1–2 coughs producing phlegm mixed with slight traces of blood.
Kidney-Nourishing and Du Meridian-Opening Pills
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Formulas Name : Kidney-Nourishing and Du Meridian-Opening Pills
Chinese Name : 纳肾通督丸
Drug Formulation
Prepared Rehmannia (boiled in water) 4 liang, Angelica sinensis root 1 liang 5 qian, tender deer antler 1 liang 5 qian, Alisma 1 liang 5 qian, Ginger-processed Pinellia (stir-fried until yellow) 1 liang 5 qian, Poria 3 liang, Raw Atractylodes (soaked in rice water, sun-dried) 3 liang,Goat Spinal Bone (roasted until golden, crushed) 3 liang, Almond Paste 3 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel (sun-dried) 1 liang, Charred Licorice Root 5 qian, Prepared Aconite Root 7 qian, Huai Achyranthes Root 1 liang 4 qian, Raw Oyster Shell (finely ground, washed with water) 2 liang, Northern Asarum (sun-dried) 3 qian, Gekko 2 pairs (heads and legs removed, roasted and ground into powder).
Source
From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.
Processing
Form the above herbs into pills using a decoction of coix seed.
Benefits
For asthma due to deficiency-cold, with difficulty expectorating phlegm, chest tightness and oppression, and only 1–2 coughs producing phlegm mixed with slight traces of blood.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 qian per dose, morning and evening on an empty stomach, washed down with lightly gingered salted water.
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Kidney-Nourishing and Du Meridian-Opening Pills,For asthma due to deficiency-cold, with difficulty expectorating phlegm, chest tightness and oppression, and only 1–2 coughs producing phlegm mixed with slight traces of blood.