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Lige Tang
日本經驗方湯劑
Source-based · educational reference
Source
日本經驗方
Composition
Ban Xia 15g Zhi Zi 10g prepared (blast-fried) Fu Zi 10g
Preparation
Boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls over medium-low heat for about one and a half hours or more; take one bowl warm after each of the three meals.
Form
湯劑
Function
Benefits the throat and larynx.
Traditional indications
Sensation of obstruction in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, with obstruction to passage.
Modifications
Severe interior cold: add Gan Jiang 10, honey-fried Gan Cao 10.
-- Severe fluid: add Fu Ling 15, Xing Ren 10, honey-fried Gan Cao 10.
-- Tongue cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, with symptoms of swelling of the throat and tongue, inability to swallow water or gruel, or throat impediment with swelling and obstruction and panting with impaired breathing, seemingly near death within moments: add Luo Shi Teng 30.