Baihe Gujin Wan (Chinese: 百合固金丸, pinyin: bǎihégù jīnwán ) is a blackish-brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough".[1] It is used when there is "deficiency of yin of the lung and the kidney marked by dry cough, scanty expectoration, bloody sputum, dryness and pain in the throat". Honey is added as a binding agent to make the pill.
Chinese classic herbal formula
edit| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Bulbus Lilii | 百合 | 100 |
| Radix Rehmanniae | 生地黄 | 200 |
| Radix Rehmanniae Preparata | 熟地黄 | 300 |
| Radix Ophiopogonis | 麦冬 | 150 |
| Radix Scrophulariae | 玄参 | 80 |
| Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae | 川贝母 | 100 |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 100 |
| Radix Paeoniae Albae | 白芍 | 100 |
| Radix Platycodonis | 桔梗 | 80 |
| Radix Glycyrrhizae | 甘草 | 100 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.