This is chronic coughing with copious mucus that is white and thick in nature. Other symptoms include a stuffy feeling in the chest or gastric region, poor appetite, fatigue, and sometimes loose bowels. The tongue coating is white and greasy; the pulse is hesitant and rolling.
The remedy should invigorate the spleen, dry dampness, resolve phlegm and arrest coughing.
Sample prescription: Modified Citrus & Pinellia Decoction
This is a classic formula for eliminating excessive phlegm and dampness, in which the pinellia tuber and poria work together to dry dampness and resolve phlegm; tangerine peel and liquorice root harmonize the spleen and promote its functioning. Additional herbs are necessary when particular symptoms are serious. For example:DriedTangerinePeel:PinelliaTuber:CynanchumRhizome
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Dried tangerine peel
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Pinellia tuber
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cynanchum rhizome
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If individuals cough up profuse mucus and have stomach discomfort, the ability to eliminate the pathogens should further be enhanced with herbs like:
| cang zhu | atractylodes rhizome | Rhizoma Atractylodis |
| hou po | magnolia bark | Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis |
| ku xing ren | bitter apricot kernel | Semen Armeniacae Amarum |
| yi yi ren | coix seed | Semen coicis |
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Monday 20thNovember2017
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