Ke Xue Fang
咳血方 ké xuè fāng, "Coughing of Blood Formula"

Translated Name: Coughing of Blood Formula

Category:

Decoction

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (5):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
梔子	Zhi Zi	cape jasmine fruit, gardenia	9	grams
青黛	Qing Dai	indigo, wood leaf (isatis)	6 - 9	grams
瓜蔞仁	Gua Lou Ren	trichosanthes seed	9	grams
浮海石	Fu Hai Shi	constaziae skeleton	9	grams
訶子	He Zi	myrobalan fruit, terminalia, chebgium	6 - 9	grams

Tongue:

Red tongue with yellow coating.

Pulse:

Rate: Rapid (Quick, Fast)

Qualities: Wiry (String-taut)

Cautions:

No caution data at this time

Reference Source:

Modifications:

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (牡丹皮, ) Mu Dan Pi''' '''Add Herb (黃苓, ) Huang Qin''' '''Add Herb (青蒿, blue-green artemisia) Qing Hao''' '''Remove Herb (訶子, myrobalan seed) He Zi''' '''Remove Herb (浮海石, ) Fu Hai Shi''': For nosebleeds - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p339 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (浙貝母, shell mother from Zhe) Zhe Bei Mu''' '''Add Herb (枇杷葉, ) Pi Pa Ye''' '''Add Herb (天竺黃, heavenly bamboo yellow) Tian Zhu Huang''': For coughing with profuse sputum - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p339 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (沙參, sand ginseng) Sha Shen''' '''Add Herb (麥門冬, luxuriant winter) Mai Men Dong''': For vigorous fire which injures the Yin - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p339 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (杏仁, ) Xing Ren''': For severe coughing - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p339 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Stops coughing and bleeding add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Coughing of blood streaked sputum add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Thick sputum that is difficult to expectorate add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Bitter taste in the mouth add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Pulmonary tuberculosis, and bronchiectasis add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) note: This formula is traditionally made into pills (note that the above dosages are for decoctions) with honey ( (蜂蜜, Bee Honey) Feng Mi) and ginger ( (生薑, fresh ginger) Sheng Jiang). add comment

Ke Xue Fang咳血方 ké xuè fāng, "Coughing of Blood Formula"