Eriobotrya & Ophiopogon Combination (dryness-moistening formula)
EFFECTS: clearing heat and moistening dryness; suppressing cough and calming panting.
INDICATION: dryness heat damaging the lung; headache and fever; dry cough with no phlegm; cough following qi counterflow ; dry throat and nose; fullness in the chest and pain in the hypochondrium; vexation and thirst; dry mouth with no fur; all qi huffing and depression; all wilting, panting ,and retching , etc.
CLINICAL REFERENCE: This formula is often used in treating cough and panting caused by all kinds of acute and chronic infectious diseases and influenza; dry tracheitis; cough with scant phlegm; raging thirst and sore throat; hemoptysis; pulmonary tuberculosis; resolving phlegm and moistening the lung. It has function of cooling and resolving heat, settling cough and dispelling phlegm, enriching and nourishing, anti-inflammation.
