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Ding Chuan Tang 定喘汤
Arrest Wheezing Decoction

Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Exquisite Formlas for Fostering Longevity (Fu Shou Jing Fang)

Herb Name
Bai Guo (Ginkgo nut)
Ma Huang (Ephedra)
Kuan Dong Hua (Coltsfoot)
Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry bark)
Ban Xia (Pinellia)
Su Zi (Perilla seed)
Xing Ren (Apricot kernel)
Huang Qin (Scutellaria)

Gan Cao (Licorice)
Latin
Ginkgo Bilobae
Ephedra sinica
Tussilago farfara
Morus alba
Pinellia ternata
Perilla frutescens
Prunus armeniaca
Scutellaria baicalensis

Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Amount




9 grams ea.
6 grams


4 ½ grams ea.
3 grams

Preparation:
Prepare a standard decoction.

Function:
Releases constrained Lung Qi, Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Stops Wheezing

Use:
Cough and wheezing with coughing up yellow Phlegm, a greasy yellow tongue coat, with a slippery rapid pulse.
1. Chronic Cough
2. Chronic Bronchitis
3. Bronchial Asthma
4. Emphysema
5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dose:

The above decoction is divided into 3 equal doses to be taken over the course of a day.

Cautions:
1. Not used for acute Cold-type Cough
2. Not used for Cough and Wheezing with marked deficiency

Modifications:
1. Wheezing due to Cold, add Ephedra Ma Huang
2. Heat in the Lungs, take with Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
3. Severe Lung Heat, add Gypsum (Shi Gao), Coptis Huang Lian
4. Lung Infection, add Scutellaria Huang Qin, Houttuynia Yu Xing Cao.
5. Cold Phlegm that is hard to expectoirate, add Mustard seed (Bai Jie Zi), Radish seed (Lai Fu Zi)
6. Bronchial Asthma, add Earthworm
7. Bronchial Asthma with excess sputum, add Platycodon Jie Geng and Arisaema Tian Nan Xing


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