Medicine for treating cough and asthma

[Sexual taste, meridian tropism]: sweet, cold. Return to lung meridian.

[Efficacy]: Purging lung to relieve asthma, promoting diuresis to reduce swelling.

[Clinical application]:

1. Used for lung heat, asthma and cough.

Cold mulberry bark entering the lung meridian can purge lung fire and water vapor in the lung to relieve asthma. For cough and asthma due to lung heat, it is often combined with Cortex Lycii, such as Bulbus Allii Macrostemon Powder.

For stopping lung and asthma by drinking water, it can be combined with herbs for dispersing lung and resolving phlegm, such as Mahuang, Almond and Lepidium.

If lung deficiency is accompanied by fever, cough, shortness of breath, hot flashes and night sweats, it is combined with lung-tonifying drugs such as Ginseng, Schisandra chinensis and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, such as [Lei Yong Qian Fang] Bufei Decoction.

2. Used for edema, such as geomantic omen and skin water.

Mulberry bark can clear lung qi, divert water channels and benefit water. Therefore, it is used for patients with systemic edema, facial skin edema, shortness of breath and fullness, and dysuria. It is often used with Poria cocos skin and abdominal skin, such as Wupi drink.

3. Treat hypertension caused by epistaxis, hemoptysis, hyperactivity of liver yang and hyperactivity of liver fire.

Mulberry bark has the function of stopping bleeding and clearing liver, and can be used to treat hypertension such as epistaxis, hemoptysis, hyperactivity of liver yang and hyperactivity of liver fire.

[Dosage and usage]: 10- 15g.

Decoct. To use the level of purging lung, benefiting liver and clearing fire; Cough due to lung deficiency should be roasted with honey.

[Reference]:

"Bielu": "In addition to lung moisture, vomiting blood to quench thirst, edema and abdominal distension, benefit waterways."

Theory of medicinal properties: "Treating lung asthma, edema due to water vapor, eliminating main injury, benefiting water channels, eliminating water vapor, wasting heat, headache, and insufficient internal supplement."

Compendium of Materia Medica: "There is moisture in the lungs, and it is appropriate for lung fire to be excessive."

Modern research:

Mulberry bark contains a variety of flavonoids derivatives, such as mulberry bark, mulberry bark, mulberry root and so on. Umbelliferae esters, orientin and antihypertensive components are similar to ethanol; Recently, I also got sampinan a.