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Formulas for Chronic Cough (lasting 40-50 consecutive coughs):

Take half a cup of fresh ginger juice and two teaspoons of white honey, place them together in a tea bowl, brew with boiling water, and take warm. After three or four doses, it will be cured. Alternatively, use the previously mentioned Perilla Egg Formula, which is most effective.

Four taels of pork back fat, four taels of glutinous rice sugar, and four taels of honey are boiled together into a paste. Take one teaspoon occasionally and hold it in the mouth to dissolve slowly. The cough will stop within three to five days.
Another formula: One tael of walnut meat (with skin) and one tael of fresh ginger are ground into a paste, formed into pills with honey, each pill weighing three qian. Chew one pill before going to bed, and swallow with ginger soup.
Another formula: One qian of Lu Dangshen (Codonopsis pilosula), one and a half qian each of Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), and Zisu (Perilla Leaf), and fifteen seeds of Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry). Decoct in water and take well after meals.

Equal parts of Heqipi (Tornillo Bark), Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), and Gancao (Licorice Root) are ground into powder and formed into cherry-sized pills with honey. Hold one pill in the mouth until dissolved and then swallow.
Another formula: Almond kernels (skin and tips removed, oil extracted) are pounded into a pulp, mixed with boiling water, the juice is taken hot. Boiling is strictly prohibited.
Another formula: Four taels of Ginkgo nuts, four taels of genuine white Poria cocos (select whole pieces for slicing; sliced ones from pharmacies are often fake made with rice flour and must not be used), two taels of Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark), half a sheng of black soybeans, and half a jin of white honey are cooked, dried, and ground into powder. Mix with half a cup of human breast milk, undergo nine steaming and nine sun-drying cycles, and form into mung-bean-sized pills. Take 30-50 pills at a time with warm water. This is highly effective.
Another formula: One qian of Qinghao (Artemisia Annua) is decocted in child's urine. This is extremely effective.

This is due to Spleen Qi deficiency. Use only genuine Chinese Yam (Shanyao), cook it thoroughly, mix with sugar, and take. This yields miraculous results.

In consumption disease, fire flares up, causing easy erection of the penis. See the formulas under the Yin Gate section earlier. For all conditions involving consumption injury, hemoptysis, and cough, spring buds should be avoided; consuming them may cause the disease to flare up and become difficult to cure.

Loquat Paste: Specifically treats consumption injury and deficiency, hemoptysis, cough, fever, emaciation, soreness and weakness of limbs, exhaustion of essence and blood, pain in the waist and back, anorexia, and all types of deficiency syndromes. It has been repeatedly effective, especially miraculous for cough. Mild cases recover in two or three courses; severe cases are cured in four or five courses. Suitable for both rich and poor, no other medicines need to be taken to avoid misuse. Even healthy people can take it regularly to maintain strong physique and vigorous spirit. This formula was received from immortal transmission; the ingredients are very common, yet the efficacy is magical. Spread this widely for boundless merit. Fifty-six Loquat leaves (fresh ones are better, wash off the hairs), two large pears (deep navel preferred, slice with skin and core), half a zhong of white honey (boil first until drops form pearls; increase if constipated, omit if loose stools, substitute with white sugar), half a jin of jujubes (black jujubes or small jujubes are also acceptable), four taels of Jianlianrou (Lotus Seed, keep the skin). First, put the loquat leaves in a copper pot (clay pot is also fine), decoct with river water to make a thick soup. Filter the clear juice through silk cloth, discarding the leaves and dregs. Then add the pear, jujube, lotus seed, and honey, and boil until the lotus seed melts completely. Store in a porcelain jar. Eat warm as desired. Taking many medicines for deficiency diseases often damages the Spleen and Stomach, reducing appetite and worsening the condition. For weak patients with cough, if not treated early, lung damage is hard to reverse. Only this formula benefits the Lung organ most effectively, curing cough miraculously. If there is weakness but no cough, do not use loquat leaves; just boil with river water. For cough with excessive phlegm, add one tael of Chuanbeimu (Fritillaria Bulb), ground to fine powder, add when cooked, boil briefly, and remove. For hemoptysis, use twenty-one Lotus root nodes, crush to juice, and boil together. Make more in winter for long-term storage; prepare as needed in summer.
Maltose Drink: Treats five labors and seven injuries in men and women, symptoms include body heat, mental fatigue, and loss of appetite. Contraindicated for those with cough and hemoptysis. Two jin of good liquor, four taels of white glutinous rice sugar, and seven walnut meats are placed in a porcelain bottle (not too full), boiled in hot water for the duration of one incense stick, buried in soil for seven days to remove fire toxicity. Take one or two cups daily as desired, not excessively. This has great miraculous effects.
Yuanshuang Paste: Treats consumptive cough, hematemesis and hematochezia, fever, and fatigue. Its efficacy is like magic. Four taels each of genuine sour plum juice, pear juice, radish juice, Diospyroi Fructus Frost (Persimmon Frost), white rock sugar, and white honey; one tael of ginger juice; eight fen of Chi Ling powder (Polyporus umbellatus); two taels each of Kuantonghua (Winter Flower) (soaked in milk, dried) and Ziwan powder (Aster Root).
Modified Siwu Decoction: Treats consumption-heat cough miraculously. Three qian each of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis) and Shudi (Prepared Rehmannia Root); two qian each of Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) and Shaoyao (Peony Root); one tael of Liushugen (Willow Root) (stir-fried with wine). Decoct in water and take. Miraculous effect.
Diaohu Yin: Treats consumptive cough, hemoptysis, and expectoration of pus. Can be used even in critical conditions. About three to four taels of Jiaoling xigen (Calamus root fibers) are crushed and decocted in good aged wine. Take once or twice daily. Full recovery in half a month.
Kanli Wan: Treats all types of consumptive diseases, showing immediate miraculous effects. Black soybeans are roasted and ground into powder; red dates are used in appropriate amounts, cooked, and peeled/pitted. These two are pounded together into pills. Take three to four qian per dose, delivered with salt water or wine.
External Treatment: Treats all types of consumptive diseases, cough, hemoptysis, and fever. As long as the pulse is vibrant, it is invariably effective. One tael of Jiantousha (Realgar/Orpiment mixture?), five qian of Ming Xionghuang (Realgar) are ground into fine powder, wrapped tightly in cotton paper. Select a healthy, disease-free girl aged 12-13 who has not yet menstruated. Apply the medicine to the girl's umbilicus and bind tightly with cloth. Remove after one week. Weigh the medicine; if it has gained one or two qian in weight, it is ideal. Immediately apply this medicine to the patient's umbilicus and bind. Prepare over ten bowls of human breast milk. When the patient feels dry mouth and thirst, give the milk. Once thirst stops, remove the medicine from the umbilicus, and the illness will depart. Follow up with Loquat Paste regimen for one month. Success rate is nearly 100%. Do not take other medicines to avoid mistakes.
Ren Hong Wan: Specifically treats juvenile consumptive disease, cough, hemoptysis, and fever. Repeatedly tested and miraculous. Also treats adults; do not underestimate. Twenty-one Renlong (Ascaris lumbricoides, i.e., roundworms) (washed in child's urine, baked on tiles until yellow; black indicates ineffectiveness), thirty unbroken-skin red dates (steamed over rice, pitted, mixed with earthworm powder, and formed into pills).