Bei Mu Gua Lou San 貝母瓜蔞散
Fritillaria and Trichsanthes Fruit Powder

Tradition:

TCM

Source / Author:

Medical Revelations (Yi Xue Xin Wu)

Herb Name Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria) Gua Lou (Trichosanthes fruit) Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes root) Fu Ling (Poria) Ju Hong (Orange peel) Jie Geng (Platycodon)

Latin Fritillaria cirrhosa Trichosanthis Kirilowii Trichosanthis Kirilowii Poria cocos Citrus aurantium Platycodi Grandiflori Amount 4 ½ grams 3 grams 2 ½ grams ea.

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Moistens Lungs, Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm

Use:

Cough with hard-to-clear Phlegm, dry and sore throat, red tongue, fast pulse
1. Cough
2. Bronchitis
3. Chronic Tonsillitis
4. Asthma
5. Lymph swelling in the neck
6. Pneumonia
7. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dose:

6 grams is prepared as a draft, three times daily.

Cautions:

Not used for Yin deficiency.

Modifications:

1. Severe Cough, add Apricot kernel (Xing Ren), Coltsfoot (Kuan Dong Hua)
2. Cough with Blood streaked sputum, add Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang, Eclipta Han Lian Cao.
3. Severe Sore Throat, add Figwort (Xuan Shen), Burdock seed (Niu Bang Zi), Licorice (Gan Cao)
4. With excess Heat, add Coptis Huang Lian.
5. With Yin deficiency, add Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong
6. Also for Yin deficiency, take with Bai He Gu Jin Tang.

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