Shen Chuan Jiancao Ointment,*Ben Shi*, Volume 5.,For consumptive cough with hemoptysis causing lung damage, as well as uncontrolled bleeding.
Shen Chuan Jiancao Ointment
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Formulas Name : Shen Chuan Jiancao Ointment
Chinese Name : 神传剪草膏
Drug Formulation
1 jin of Jiancao (from Wuzhou).
Source
*Ben Shi*, Volume 5.
Processing
Wash the herb thoroughly, grind it into a powder, mix with 1 jin of raw honey to form a paste, and store it in a container—avoid contact with iron. Steam and sun-dry the mixture nine times, repeating the process once daily.
Benefits
For consumptive cough with hemoptysis causing lung damage, as well as uncontrolled bleeding.
Instructions for Use
Take 4 spoons per dose. At the fifth watch, mix the medicine with congee using a spoon, and after a while, wash it down with thin millet porridge. Take the medicine while it is cool; the congee and porridge should not be too hot. Whether it causes vomiting or diarrhea, it does no harm. For chronic lung damage with hemoptysis, a single dose is sufficient for a cure; for ordinary coughs with uncontrolled bleeding, one spoon per dose is adequate.
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Shen Chuan Jiancao Ointment,For consumptive cough with hemoptysis causing lung damage, as well as uncontrolled bleeding.