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Xuanshuang Snow Pear Paste

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Xuanshuang Snow Pear Paste,Indicated for lung dryness with fluid depletion, cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, as well as mental exhaustion leading to internal heat, chronic cough that has not healed, dry mouth, normal appetite, and a洪数 pulse; also for hematemesis with sputum, pulmonary atrophy with dry cough, constipation with bloody stools, and hematuria with red urine.

Formulas Name : Xuanshuang Snow Pear Paste

Chinese Name : 玄霜雪梨膏

Drug Formulation

Snow pears (60; do not use sour ones; remove the core and skin; extract the juice) 30 zhong, lotus root juice 10 zhong, fresh raw rehmannia root (pounded to extract juice) 10 zhong, ophiopogon tuber (pounded to a pulp, then decocted to extract juice) 5 zhong, radish juice 5 zhong, sedge root juice 10 zhong.

Source

*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 7.

Processing

Filter the mixture twice to remove the dregs. Return the clear liquid to the heat and simmer, adding 1 jin of honey, half a jin of maltose, half a jin of persimmon frost, and 1 zhan of ginger juice. Continue simmering until it reaches the consistency of thin paste, at which point the paste is complete.

Benefits

Indicated for lung dryness with fluid depletion, cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, as well as mental exhaustion leading to internal heat, chronic cough that has not healed, dry mouth, normal appetite, and a洪数 pulse; also for hematemesis with sputum, pulmonary atrophy with dry cough, constipation with bloody stools, and hematuria with red urine.

Note

Avoid pungent and heat-inducing foods.

Xuanshuang Snow Pear Paste,*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 7.,Indicated for lung dryness with fluid depletion, cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, as well as mental exhaustion leading to internal heat, chronic cough that has not healed, dry mouth, normal appetite, and a洪数 pulse; also for hematemesis with sputum, pulmonary atrophy with dry cough, constipation with bloody stools, and hematuria with red urine.

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