Dingchuan Tang

Name

Asthma-relieving Decoction

The Prescription of Dingchuan Tang

Source

The book She Sheng Zhong Miao Fang

Ingredients

• Bai Guo (Semen Ginkgo) 9 g,
• Ma Huang (Herba Ephedrae) 9 g,
• Kuan Dong Hua (Flos Farfarae) 9 g,
• Xing Ren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum) 9 g,
• Sang Bai Pi (Cortex Mori) 9 g,
• Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 9 g,
• Su Zi (Fructus Perillae) 6 g,
• Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 6 g,
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 3 g.

Explanation

Ma Huang: One of the principal drugs, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to dispel pathogenic factors and relieve asthma.

Bai Guo: The other principal drug, astringing the lung to stop asthma and remove phlegm.

Su Zi, Xing Ren, Ban Xia and Kuan Dong Hua: Descending the lung-Qi to alleviate asthma, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm.

Sang Bai Pi and Huang Qin: Clearing away the lung-heat to relieve cough and asthma.

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

The Effect of Dingchuan Tang

Effect

Facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to descend upward flow, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma.

Indications

Syndrome due to wind-cold in the exterior and retention of phlegm-heat in the interior, marked by massive viscid yellowish sputum, dyspnea, asthma, cough, pale tongue with yellowish greasy coating, arid slippery rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.