bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothing liver to reduce fire, clearing the lung and stopping coughing.

bubble_chart Indications

Cough caused by liver fire affecting the lungs is characterized by shortness of breath, dry cough with little phlegm, and in severe cases, blood-streaked phlegm. It is accompanied by a bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, chest and hypochondriac fullness, irritability, a reddish tongue with thin yellow coating and reduced saliva, and a wiry and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Bupleurum harmonizes and reduces fever, soothes the liver and relieves depression; Gardenia resolves depression and discharges heat, cools blood to remove toxins; Skullcap Root, Gypsum clear heat and purge fire, relieving irritability; Platycodon Root ventilates the lung and resolves phlegm; White Mulberry Root-Bark clears and purges lung heat, relieves cough and calms wheezing; Liquorice Root moistens the lung and relieves cough, and also harmonizes all the herbs.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. cough with shortness of breath and scant phlegm.
2. bitter taste in mouth, fullness and oppression in the chest and hypochondrium.
3. thin, yellow tongue coating with little moisture.
4. wiry and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Excessive liver fire: Add Peony Bark, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Peony Root.
2. Blood in phlegm: Add Unprocessed Rehmannia Root 黃, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
3. If accompanied by exterior pattern, slight aversion to cold: Add Ephedra, Bitter Apricot Seed.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Pneumonia, whooping cough, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, common cold, cough.