Fresh Reed Root Juice

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Fresh Reed Root Juice

Chinese Name: 鲜芦根汁

Formula

250 grams of fresh reed root.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the fresh reed root, cut it into small pieces, place it in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 30 minutes until concentrated; strain out the solids and retain the liquid.

Efficacy

Clears the lungs, promotes fluid production, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Fresh reed root (Lu-gen) functions as the chief herb. Sweet-cold in property, it travels through the Lung, Stomach meridians, and works to clear heat and generate fluids. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. Working as one, the formula clear the lungs, promote fluid production, resolve phlegm, thereby targeting the pneumonia pattern that underlies the complaint.

Fresh Reed Root Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, promotes fluid production, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.

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