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Nourish the Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction

Pin Yin: Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang

Category: Enrich Yin and moisten Dryness
Additional Categories: Release Exterior disorders with Interior Vacuity; Nourish and Supplement Yin

Actions:
   Nourishes Lung Yin, relieves coughing, and clears Heat Toxins from throat and Lungs;
  ---used for epidemic Fire Poison of the throat (i.e., diphtheria) with preexisting Vacuity of Yin, with a swollen, sore throat with a white, curd-like membrane, raspy breathing, tongue red and dry.
   (See Lung Yin Vacuity; Heat Toxin .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Rehmanniae Glutinosae (dried), Rx [sheng di huang]

Scrophulariae, Rx [xuan shen]

1.5

Ophiopogonis, Tuber [mai men dong]

1.2

Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Rx [bai shao]

0.8

Moutan Radicis, Cx [mu dan pi]

0.8

Fritillariae Thunbergii, Bulbus [zhe bei mu]

0.8

Menthae, Hb [bo he]

0.5

Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao]

0.5

Associated Modern Diseases: diphtheria, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, nose and throat tumors.

Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal [Bai He Gu JinTang]; Increase the Fluids Decoction [ZengYe Tang].

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