Baihe Gujin Tang

Name

Lily Decoction for Strenthening the Lung

The Prescription of Baihe Gujin Tang

Source

The book Yi Fang Ji Jie

Ingredients

• Sheng Di (Radix Rehmanniae) 6 g,
• Shu Di (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata) 9 g,
• Mai Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis) 5 g,
• Bai He (Bulbus Lilii) 3 g,
• Bai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) 3 g,
• Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 3 g,
• Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae) 3 g,
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 3 g,
• Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae) 3 g,
• Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi) 3 g

Explanation

Shu Di: One of the principal drug, nourishing Yin and tonifying the kidney.

Sheng Di: The other principal drug, removing heat from blood and stopping bleeding.

Mai Dong, Bai He and Bei Mu: Moistening the lung, nourishing Yin, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Xuan Shen: Nourishing Yin, removing heat from blood, purging fire of deficiency type.

Dang Gui: Nourishing blood and moistening dryness.

Bai Shao: Nourishing blood and replenishing Yin.

Jie Geng: Ventilating the lung to relieve cough.

Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.

The Effect of Baihe Gujin Tang

Effect

Nourishing Yin, moistening the lung, resolving phlegm ami relieving cough.

Indications

Syndrome due to Yin-deficiency of the lung and kidney, marked by cough with bloody sputum, dry and painful throat, feverish sensation in the palms and soles, bone-heat, night sweat, reddened tongue with little coating, and thready rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis and bronchiectasis.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.