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Lily Bulb Metal-Securing Decoction

百合固金汤 〔百合固金湯〕bǎi hé gù jīn tāng

Source: Yī Fāng Jí Jiě 医方集解

Alternate Chinese names: 百合固肺汤

Ingredients:

Action: Nourishes yīn and clears heat; moistens the lung and transforms phlegm.

Indication: Lung-kidney yīn vacuity with vacuity fire flaming upward, characterized by signs such as sore throat, cough, panting, phlegm flecked with blood, dry mouth, and heat in the heart of the palms and soles. Tongue: Red with scant fur. Pulse: Fine and rapid.

Category: Dryness-relieving formulas / Internal dryness formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: The lung is the upper source of water, so that lung yīn vacuity is often accompanied by kidney yīn vacuity. When kidney yīn is insufficient, water fails to nourish wood, which then forms fire, which in turn overcomes lung-metal. This formula treats lung-kidney yīn vacuity with wood fire tormenting metal. The main agent is cool sweet Bǎi hé, which moistens the lung and relieves cough. Cold sweet Mài dōng combined with Bèi mǔ and Jié gěng enter the lung to help the Bǎi hé moisten and clear the lung, transform phlegm, and relieve cough. The two forms of Dì huáng, Xuán shēn, Dāng guī, and Sháo yào enter the kidney and enrich yīn, and also enter the liver and nourish the blood, thus quelling the wood fire that torments metal.

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