Hemoptysis ⁽³⁾

The patient was a 56-year-old man surnamed Li, who first visited Professor Liu Yaxian on November 24, 1995. Chief complaint and history: He had undergone radiotherapy for lung cancer. Even before radiotherapy he had intermittent hemoptysis; after radiotherapy the cough became frequent, with difficult expectoration…

"Qingjin Dan" (Gold-Clearing Elixir) comes from The Systematic Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases (Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fang Lun). Its composition is: xingren (Semen Armeniacae; peeled, tip removed, then stir-fried yellow with oyster shell powder and the powder discarded) 1 liang (30 g),…

Zhu Danxi, one of the Four Great Masters of the Jin-Yuan period, had a formula called "Kaxue Fang" for treating the cough-and-blood syndrome caused by liver fire invading the lung. It is composed of 6 g (2 qian) of Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis, water-floated), 9 g…