HERB FORMULAS

KE XUE FANG - 咳血方 - COUGHING OF BLOOD FORMULA

English: Coughing of Blood Formula
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Water-refined Indigo Naturalis Shui Fei Qing Dai 6g Clears Liver Fire, drains Lung Heat and cools the Blood.
Dry-fried Fr. Gardeniae Chao Zhi Zi 9g Cools the Blood, relieves toxicity and stops bleeding by astringing.
Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren 9g Clears Heat, transforms Hot Phlegm, cools and moistens the Lungs and expands the chest.
Pumice Fu Hai Shi 9g Clears Heat from the Lungs and transforms Phlegm.
Fr. Chebulae He Zi 6g Contains leakage of Lung Qi and stops cough.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Fire
  • Dissolves Phlegm
  • Astringes the Lungs
  • Stops coughing

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Fire Scorches the Lungs

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Coughing with thick, sticky, Blood-streaked sputum
  • Difficult-to-expectorate sputum stuck in the throat
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • Short temper
  • Stabbing pain in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Constipation
  • Red cheeks
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen Qi Deficiency with loose stools.
  • Contraindicated for those with caused by Lung Cold.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe cough: For profuse sputum:
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
For bloody sputum and chest pain:
+ Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae Jiang Xiang + Concretio Silicea Bambusae Tian Zhu Huang
+ Vascular Citri Reticulatae Ju Lou + Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye
For scanty, difficult-to-expectorate sputum due to Heat:
For epistaxis:
- Fr. Chebulae He Zi + Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen
- Pumice Fu Hai Shi + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao + Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye
For hemoptysis:
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+ Patent Medicine
Yunnan Bai Yao
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
For hemoptysis with severe Liver Heat:
or
+ 9g Rx. Gentianae
 + + 3g powdered Rx. Notoginseng San Qi Fen
+ 12g Haematitum