WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

【SOURCE】: Medicine Comprehended

【INGREDIENTS】: Fritillary bulb 5g，  Trichosanthes fruit 3g，  Trichosanthes root 2.5g，  Poria 2.5g，  Tangerine peel 2.5g，  Balloon flower root 2.5g

【DIRECTIONS】:Decoct all the above herbs in water for oral administration.

【EFFCITS】：Moistening the lung and clearing heat, regulating qi and resolving phlegm.

【INDICATIONS】: Syndrome of cough due to the lung-dryness manifested by cough with sticky phlegm, difficulty in expectoration, dryness of the throat and mouth, red tongue with whitish and dry coating, and rapid and/or thready pulse.

【ANALYSIS OF FORMULA 】: This formula is commonly used to treat cough due to the lung-dryness. Fritillary bulb in the formula, as a principal herb, clears away heat and moistens the lung, resolves phlegm and arrests cough so as to dis­pel the stagnation of the phlegm-qi. Acting as an assistant herbs, trichosanthes fruit clears away heat and moistens dryness, regulates qi and removes phlegm, so as to soothe stuffiness of the chest. Trichosanthes root clears away heat to resolve phlegm, promotes the generation of body fluids to moisten dryness. Poria strengthens the spleen and excretes dampness to stop the source of phlegm forma­tion. Tangerine peel regulates qi and resolves phlegm so that the qi flows normally and phlegm is removed. Ballon flower root disperses the lung-qi to ensure normal function of the lung in dispersing and depurative descending. The joint use of all herbs in the formula can get dryness moistened, phlegm resolved, thus, cough ar­rested followed.

Chronic bronchitis manifested as cough syndrome due to the lung-dryness can be treated by the formula and its modifications.