Clear Dryness and Rescue Lung Soup

Clear Dryness and Rescue Lung Soup is composed of ingredients such as Colla Corii Asini, Loquat Leaf, Mulberry Leaf, Sesame Seed, Adenophora Root, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum, Licorice Root, and Ophiopogon Root. It has excellent effects of dispelling wind and dissipating heat, clearing dryness and lubricating the lungs. If you experience dry cough in your daily life, you can prepare Clear Dryness and Rescue Lung Soup to drink. When preparing the soup, you can simply boil it with water. It is recommended to consume it while it is hot to achieve better effects.

Ingredients and Dosage of Clear Dryness and Rescue Lung Soup

Ingredients: Mulberry Leaf (after frost, remove branches, stems, and leaves) 9g, Gypsum (smelted) 8g, Licorice Root, Sesame Seed (fried and grinded), Authentic Colla Corii Asini, Loquat Leaf (hair removed, peeled) each 2g.

Usage: Boil one bowl of water until it reduces to six parts, consume frequently in two doses while hot.

Modern Usage: Boil with water and consume while hot.

Modifications: If there is excessive phlegm, Chuanbei Mother and Trichosanthes Root can be added to moisturize and resolve phlegm. For severe heat, Saiga Antelope Horn and Water Buffalo Horn can be added to clear heat and cool the blood.

Main Functions and Indications of Clear Dryness and Rescue Lung Soup

Functions: Clear heat and lubricate the lungs, nourish yin and tonify qi.

Main Indications: Warm dryness injuring the lungs, and simultaneous injury to qi and yin.

Symptoms include: Body heat, headache, dry cough without phlegm, dyspnea with inverse qi flow, dry throat and nose, vexation and thirst, fullness and pain in the chest and ribs, dry tongue with scanty fur, and weak and rapid pulse.

Application: This formula is commonly used for severe cases of warm dryness injuring the lungs. The key diagnostic points for clinical application include body heat, dry cough without phlegm, dyspnea with inverse qi flow, red tongue with scanty fur, and weak and rapid pulse.