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Jingzhi Kesou Tanchuan Wan (Beijing-Prepared Cough, Phlegm, and Wheeze Pill) is a well-known cough-relieving Chinese patent medicine; its formula is a typical large TCM compound. Its composition includes: Peucedanum (qianhu), Cynanchum stauntonii (baiqian), bitter apricot seed (kuxingren, peeled, fried), mulberry leaf (sangye), Ephedra (mahuang), Pinellia…

In Yixue Xinwu (Medical Learnings, by Cheng Guopeng) there is a small formula named "Beimu Gualou San." Its composition is: Beimu (fritillary bulb) 1 qian 5 fen (4.5 g), Gualou (Trichosanthes Fructus, snakegourd fruit) 1 qian (3 g), Tianhuafen (Trichosanthes Radix, trichosanthes root), Fuling (Poria,…

Pipaye (loquat leaf) is the leaf of the loquat plant, Eriobotrya japonica, of the Rosaceae family. The loquat fruit can be eaten and can also be used as a medicinal for stopping cough; its leaf can also be used as medicine. Loquat leaf has a…

Baihua Wan (Hundred-Flower Pill) comes from the Jisheng Fang (Formulas to Aid the Living). It is composed of kuandonghua (coltsfoot flower) and baihe (lily bulb, steamed, then baked and dried), in equal parts. Grind the two herbs into a fine powder, refine with honey into…