Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat to Eliminate Heat-phlegm
Qing Fei Tang
Name
The Prescription of Qing Fei Tang
Source
The book San Yin Ji Yi Bing Zheng Fang Lun
Ingredients
Yi Yi Ren 23 g,Fang Ji 23 g,Xing Ren 23 g,Dong Gua Zi 23 g,Feng Huang Yi 7.5 g.Explanation
Yi Yi Ren: Removing dampness and subduing swelling.
Xing Ren: Relieving cough and dyspnea, moistening intestines for relaxing bowels.
Dong Gua Zi: Nourishing the lung and resolving phlegm, curing abscess and promoting diuresis.
Feng Huang Yi: Nourishing yin to clear away the lung heat.
Fang Ji: Expelling wind and removing dampness.
The Effect of Qing Fei Tang
Effect
Clear lung-heat and nourish the lung, resolve phlegm.
Indications
Cough with dyspnea, accumulation of sthenia-heat in lung.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. 12 g of the powder is decocted in water for oral dose to be taken on empty stomach.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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