Cough and Asthma Disease ⁽³⁾

Mah Xing Shi Gan Tang is a formula from the Shanghan Lun for treating Taiyang warm disease. It consists of Mahuang (ephedra), Xingren (apricot kernel), Shigao (gypsum), and Gancao (licorice), hence its name. Zhang Zhongjing described its indication as "sweating with panting." Later generations use…

Xiyangshen Baofei Pills (American Ginseng Lung-Securing Pills) are a modern empirical formula; there are two recipes under this name. The first appears in the Lanzhou volume of the National Collection of Chinese Patent Medicine Prescriptions: raw rehmannia (Sheng Dihuang), wine-prepared rehmannia (Shu Dihuang), Scrophularia (Xuanshen),…

Gejie Dingchuan Wan is a modern Chinese patent medicine. The formula is included in Volume I of the 2005 edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. Its composition is: Gecko (gejie) 11 g, Trichosanthes Seed (gualouren) 50 g, Asteris Radix (ziwan) 75…