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Mai Men Dong Tang/Ophiopognis Decoction

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  • enrich yin and moisten dryness
  • Lung atrophy due to heat
  • benefits ST, very good at generating fluids
  • dry heaves
  • SHL formula
  • nourish/protect stomach fluids, protect from dryness, direct rebellious qi down
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Xing Su San/Apricot Kernal and Perilla Leaf Powder

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very descending, upward rebellion of LU and ST qi, cough, wheezing, asthma, bronchitis, nausea and vomiting

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Fritillaria and Trichosanthes Powder/Bei Mu Gua Lou San

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  • moistens lungs, clear heat, regulate qi, transform phlegm
  • cough with deep-seated phlegm that is difficult to expectorate
  • dryness damaging Lungs
  • hot phlegm in the Lungs with damage to the fluids
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Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve Metal/Bai He Gu Jin Tang

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  • chronic yin xu cough w/internal dryness
  • tonify yin, stop cough and transform phlegm with yin deficiency; after lung condition with lingering dry cough and irritation/restlessness, worse at night, root is KI yin deficiency
  • internal dryness of LU, w/yin xu
  • constitutional yin xu with wind-heat invasion causing more heat than dryness
  • agitation from heat
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Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang/Clear Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoction

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  • very sweet, very moistening to lung
  • warm dryness, more damage to qi and yin
  • deeper level of heat but still considered a surface condition
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Morus Leaves and Prunes Armenica Decoction/Sang Xing Tang

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  • disperse dryness and moisten dryness
  • “warm dryness” formula (EPF)
  • moderate fever, headache, thirst, dry hacking cough, floating rapid pulse
  • external condition typical in late summer/early fall
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Nourish Yin and Clear Lung Decoction/Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang

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  • benefits the throat, clears toxic heat in the throat
  • enrich yin and moisten dryness
  • diphtheria, white coating on throat, toxic heat component, coughing w/blood in sputum (heat in the blood)
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signs and symptoms of dry phlegm

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pulse will tend to be thin and slippery and the tongue coating with be thick but dry
-viscous sticky phlegm that is hard to expectorate, dry mouth, dry throat, horse voice

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Etiology of Dry Phlegm

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  • external invasion of wind-dryness happening in Fall
  • fire can also be cause
  • desert environment
  • emotions can damage body fluids by creating heat