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Ying (Water)
Accumulation |
Ting Li Da Zao Xie Fei Tang |
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Lepidium and Jujube to drain the Lungs
Function: drains Lung Heat, moves fluids,
drives out Phlegm & fluids from the Lungs, calms wheezing
Composition:
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Ting Li
Zi
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Semen
descurainiae seu lepidii
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9-12g
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Da Zao
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Fructus zizyphi jujubae
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12 pieces
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Indications:
Lung phlegm
fluid causing eye and/or facial edema, cough, wheezing, fullness
and distension in chest, nasal congestion with clear discharge,
loss of taste and smell. For lung abscess with phlegm in the
chest. T: sticky white coat; P: slippery.
Analysis:
The action of the small pungent
bitter cold seed ting li zi is the basis of this formula,
it enters the lung and bladder thus taking care of the lung
symptoms and draining the fluids through urination. Da zao
tonifies the spleen taking care of the possible root of this
problem (creating phlegm), and keeps the bitter cold properties of
ting li zi from harming the digestion.
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