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Cough caused by lung heat produces yellow, thick, foul-smelling sputum, and in severe cases may contain blood streaks. The patient has a red face, hot air exhaled from the nose, dry and painful throat, dry mouth and parched tongue, yellow greasy tongue coating; some patients…

Waike Zhengzong (Orthodox Manual of External Medicine) records Maidong Pingfei Yin (Ophiopogon Lung-Calming Drink), a formula for "lung abscess" (feiyong), derived from Maidong Qingfei Yin in the Zazbing Yuanliu Xizhu (Roots and Branches of Miscellaneous Diseases). Its composition is: Renshen (Ginseng), Maimendong (Ophiopogon), Chishao (Red…

Fangfeng Qinjiao Tang (“Saposhnikovia and Gentiana Macrophylla Decoction”) comes from Waike Zhengzong (Orthodox External Medicine). Its composition is: Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), Qinjiao (Gentiana macrophylla), Danggui (Angelica sinensis), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong), Shengdihuang (raw Rehmannia), Baishao (white Paeonia), Chifuling (red Poria), and Lianqiao (Forsythia), each 1 qian…

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…

Chaihu Qinggan Tang (Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Decoction) comes from the Ming-dynasty physician Chen Shigong's work Waike Zhengzong (Orthodox Manual of External Diseases). Its ingredients are Sichuan lovage (Chuanxiong), dong quai (Danggui), white peony (Baishao), raw rehmannia (Shengdihuang), bupleurum (Chaihu), scutellaria (Huangqin), gardenia (Zhizi), trichosanthes root (Tianhuafen),…