Electuary for Spitting Blood

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Wirtzung

Herb Name Pine nuts Currants Licorice Cinnamon Ginger Sugar

Latin Nux Pinea Ribes nigrum Glycyrrhiza glabra Cinnamonum zeylanicum Zingiber officinalis Saccharum Amount 1 oz. 1 1⁄2 oz. 1⁄2 oz. 2 drams 1 dram equal to the rest

Preparation:

Boil the sugar with Plantain water to a syrup, add the rest in powder.

Function:

Clears Heat, strengthens Lung Qi and Yin, stops Bleeding

Use:

1. Spitting Blood with Lung deficiency

Dose:

1–2 drams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This nourishes the Lungs and thickens the Blood so was used for Lung weakness with hot, thin and sharp Blood that causes Bleeding.
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