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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to dry cough |
| Sang Xing Tang Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction |
Disperses Heat and Dryness; Clears Heat and Dryness; Moistens the Lungs. | Warm Dryness injuring the Lung-Qi at a relatively superficial (exterior) level. | Bronchitis; Dry cough; Dry throat; Headache; Pharyngitis; Respiratory tract infection; Slight fever; Thirst; Cough with thick-dry-scanty phlegm; Red tongue, thin-dry-white coating; Floating-Rapid pulse (Fu Shu). |
| Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoction; Eriobotrya and Ophiopogonis Decoction |
Disperses Heat and Dryness; Clears Heat and Dryness; Moistens the Lungs. | Warm Dryness attacking the Lungs and causing the Lung-Qi to rebel. | Acute bronchitis; Asthma; Chronic bronchitis; Dry cough; Dry throat; Fever; Fullness of the chest; Headache; Irritation of the throat; Pneumonia; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Respiratory tract infection; Thirst; Hemoptysis; Irritability; Pain of the hypochondrium; Dry tongue, no coating; Weak-Rapid pulse (Ruo Shu); Rapid-Empty pulse (Shu Xu). |
| Sha Shen Mai Men Dong Tang Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction |
Moistens Dryness; Promotes generation of Body Fluids; Nourishes Stomach and Lungs; Moistens Stomach and Lungs. | Dryness injuring the Lungs, Stomach, and Fluids. | Bronchitis; Cough with scanty phlegm or dry cough; Dry throat; Thirst; Red, dry tongue; Fine-Rapid pulse (Xi Shu). |