Hemoptysis ⁽²⁾

Fei yong (lung abscess) is a TCM disease name. TCM holds it usually arises when heat-toxin congeals and binds in the lung, so that the lung lobes develop sores; within the lung, flesh putrefies and blood decomposes to form an abscess, hence the name. Clinically…

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…