Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Mori Folium (Sang Ye) 3 qian (9g), Gypsum Fibrosum (Duan Shi Gao calcinated) 2.5 qian (8g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) 1 qian (3g), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen) 7 fen (2g), Cannabis Fructus (Hu Ma Huang) 1 qian (3g), Asini Corii Colla (E Jiao) 8 fen (3g), Ophiopogonis Radix (Mai Men Dong) 1.5 qian (4g), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren) 7 fen (2g), Eriobotryae Folium (Pi Pa Ye) 1 piece (3g)

Cook the ingredients with 1 bowl of water until the liquid is reduced to 60% of the original volume. Take the strained decoction while warm 2-3 times daily. (Modern use: cook the ingredients, take the strained decoction while warm frequently.

Relieves dryness and moistens the lung, nourishes yin and boosts qi.

Qing zao jiu fei tang is indicated for the pattern of warm-dryness damaging the lung, complicated by damage to both qi and yin. The symptoms are fever, headache, coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, dryness of the nose and throat, vexation, thirst, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain. The tongue body is dry with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient, big, and rapid.

Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang is designed for severe cases of warm-dryness injuring the lung. The autumn season is dry, and therefore, dryness-heat attacks the lung damaging both qi and yin causing headache and fever. The lung fails to purify, nourish and direct qi downward, which is reflected by the coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, thirst and dryness of the nose.《Basic Questions》Treatise on the Essentials of Supreme Truth says: “all kinds of qi stagnation belong to the lung”. The failure of lung qi to descend causes oppression and fullness in the chest, even hypochondriac pain. The dry tongue with scanty tongue coating and the deficient, big, and rapid pulse indicate that warm-dryness has damaged the lung. The therapeutic principle is to clear, diffuse and moisten the lung and to nourish yin and boost qi.

1. Essential pattern differentiation Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang is commonly used to treat severe cases of warm-dryness injuring the lung. This clinical pattern is marked by fever, coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, red tongue body with scanty tongue coating, deficient, big and rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula can be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of dryness-heat invading the lung, accompanied by damage to both qi and yin: pneumonia, bronchial asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchodilation, lung cancer.

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