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Watermelon Paste,For coughs with excessive phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, dry mouth and throat, and vomiting due to stomach heat.

Formulas Name : Watermelon Paste

Chinese Name : 西瓜膏

Drug Formulation

2 watermelons (weighing no less than 30 jin), 2 liang of aged tangerine peel, 1 liang of raw gypsum, 1 liang of processed Pinellia, 1 liang of roasted Perilla seeds, 1 liang of lily bulbs, 5 qian of almonds (peeled and roasted), 5 qian of raw donkey-hide gelatin, 1 liang of licorice, and 3 qian of raw Schisandra berries.

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).

Processing

Simmer to extract the juice, strain out the residue, and reduce the liquid until a drop applied to the back of a hair-thin sheet of paper leaves no mark; this is the standard. Obtain 1 jin of clear paste, mix with 3 jin of honey, and bottle the mixture.

Benefits

For coughs with excessive phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, dry mouth and throat, and vomiting due to stomach heat.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 liang per dose, dissolved in hot water.

Note

Avoid use in cases of cough caused by external invasion of wind-cold.

Watermelon Paste,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).,For coughs with excessive phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, dry mouth and throat, and vomiting due to stomach heat.

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