HERB FORMULAS

English: Lepidium/Descurania and Jujube Decoction to Drain the Lungs
Also Known As: Decoction to Purge the Lung with Lepidium and Jujube
Lepidium and Jujube Combination
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Lepidii/Descurania Ting Li Zi 9-12g Drains the Lungs, reduces Phlegm, calms wheezing, circulates water and reduces edema.
With Da Zao, for facial edema and a sonorous blocked nose.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 9-12g Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, augments Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
With Ting Li Zi, for cough, wheezing and chest fullness due to Phlegm accumulation in the chest.
  • Drains the Lungs
  • Moves Fluids
  • Drives out Phlegm
  • Stops cough
  • Calms wheezing
  • Lung abscess with Phlegm
  • Lung abscess
  • Coughing
  • Wheezing
  • Fullness and distention in the chest
  • Profuse Phlegm and saliva
  • Dysuria
  • Edema
  • Nasal congestion
  • Clear, watery rhinorrhea
  • Oliguria
  • Loss of taste and smell
  • Dyspnea
  • Edema of the face and eyes
  • Insomnia
  • T: Swollen
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery
CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Do not use long-term.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS
For coronary Heart disease: For coronary Heart disease without Yang Deficiency:
+ Five Ingredients Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
+ Five Ingredients Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
- Fr. Jujube Da Zao
- Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
- Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 20g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi + 20g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ 9g. Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + 9g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
+ 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
+ 9g Flos Carthami Hong Hua For coronary Heart disease with Phlegm-Heat:
For coronary Heart disease with Yang Qi Desertion:
+ Five Ingredients Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
+ Five Ingredients Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
- Fr. Jujube Da Zao
- Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
- Fr. Jujube Da Zao
- Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 20g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ 20g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + 9g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
+ 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi + 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + 9g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ 15g Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao
+ 9g. Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + 12g Per. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Pi
For coronary Heart disease with marked Blood Stagnation:
+ 9g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
+ 15g Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Five Ingredients Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
+ 9g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
    - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
    - Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
   
    + 20g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
    + 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
    + 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
   
    + 9g. Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
   
    + 9g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
    + 3g. Rx. Notoginseng San Qi