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Arrest Wheezing Decoction
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Ginkgo Semen; Ephedrae Herba; Perillae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Farfarae Flos; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Mori Cortex; Scutellariae Radix; Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum
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Diffuses the lung and directs qi downward, clears heat, and dissolves phlegm.
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Ding Chuan Tang is indicated for wheezing and panting due to phlegm-heat accumulation in the lung. The symptoms are wheezing and panting, cough, phlegm with heavy breathing, thick yellow phlegm, and slight aversion to wind. The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.
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6
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Poria, Licorice Root, Schisandra, Dried Ginger, and Asarum Decoction
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Poria; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus
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Warms the lung and dissolves rheum.
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Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang is indicated for coughing caused by a pattern of cold fluid-retention marked by coughing with a large amount of thin white sputum, a preference to spit out saliva, drooling, and a stuffy chest. The tongue coating is white and glossy and the pulse is wiry and slippery.
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7
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Ephedra Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Induces sweating to release the exterior, diffuses the lung to calm labored breathing.
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Ma Huang Tang is indicated for an externally contracted wind-cold exterior-excess pattern. The symptoms are aversion to cold, headache, generalized body pain, absence of sweating, and labored breathing. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is superficial and tight.
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8
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Phragmites Stem Decoction
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Caulis Phragmites/Phragmites Rhizoma; Coicis Semen; Semen Benincasae; Persicae Semen
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Clears lung heat, dissolves phlegm, expels stasis, and dissipates masses.
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This formula is indicated for lung abscesses, and patterns of accumulation and obstruction of heat toxins, binding of phlegm, and blood stasis. The symptoms are coughing with profuse phlegm, coughing or spitting up of foul smelling pus and blood, dull pain in the chest, a red tongue with a greasy yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
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