Lung-Nourishing Snow Pear Paste，Formula by Hu Zai-zi, cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For dry cough with hemoptysis due to lung dryness, hemoptysis due to pulmonary atrophy, and lung abscess where the acute phase has subsided but residual heat remains.
Lung-Nourishing Snow Pear Paste
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Formulas Name : Lung-Nourishing Snow Pear Paste
Chinese Name : 保肺雪梨膏
Drug Formulation
60 snow pears (pressed to extract 20 cups of juice), raw rehmannia root, white mao root, and raw lotus root (combined to extract 10 cups of juice), white radish, ophiopogon tuber, and water chestnut (combined to extract 5 cups of juice).
Source
Formula by Hu Zai-zi, cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.
Processing
Add 1 jin of white honey, 8 liang of maltose, 1 cup of bamboo sap, and 1 liang of persimmon frost to the mixture, then simmer until it becomes a paste.
Benefits
For dry cough with hemoptysis due to lung dryness, hemoptysis due to pulmonary atrophy, and lung abscess where the acute phase has subsided but residual heat remains.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 cup of the decoction after each meal and before bedtime, mixed with hot water.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 18, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 18, 2026
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Lung-Nourishing Snow Pear Paste,For dry cough with hemoptysis due to lung dryness, hemoptysis due to pulmonary atrophy, and lung abscess where the acute phase has subsided but residual heat remains.