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Bu Fei Er Jiao Wan - Tonify the Lungs Formula with Gelatin

Also known as: Bu Fei E JIao Tang, Bu Fei E Jiao San, Gelatin and Morus Bark Combination, Decoction of Colla Corii Asini for Invigorating the Lungs, Ginseng and Aristolochia Combination

Clinical Usage

  • Lung yin deficiency with strong heat signs and/or bleeding - chronic dry cough, wheezing, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis, COPD.
  • Stops bleeding when it arises from lung yin deficiency - mild bloody sputum with dry cough.

Cautions & Precautions

  • Avoid in patients with wind-cold (i.e. "common cold").
  • Avoid when there are profuse amounts of blood in the sputum.
  • Avoid, or use with caution, in patients with stomach and/or spleen deficiencies, particularly with phlegm accumulation.
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Bu Fei Er Jiao Wan is in the "Gently Disperse and Moisten Dryness" group within the "Treat Dryness" category.

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Common Formula Ingredients

Bu Fei Er Jiao Wan is generally comprised of the following 6 ingredients:

E Jiao
Donkey-Hide Glue, Gelatin
  • Tonify blood - dizziness, sallow complexion, palpitations.
  • Stops bleeding - any type.
  • Nourish and moisten yin - irritability and insomnia after febrile disease, dry lung coughs due to yin deficiency or consumption.
E Jiao is also included in 3 formulas
Ma Dou Ling
Birthwort Fruit
  • Clears the lungs, transforms phlegm - cough, wheezing due to either lung heat or lung deficiency accompanied by heat signs, as long as there is phlegm clogging the lungs.
  • Hypertension, bleeding hemorrhoids.
Niu Bang Zi
Niu Bang Zi
Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium
  • Expels wind-heat (acrid), benefits throat - fever, cough, sore, red, swollen throat.
  • Clears heat (bitter, cold), relieves toxicity, vents rashes - red swellings, carbuncles, mumps, acute febrile rashes, early stages of measles with incomplete expression.
  • Moistens intestines (rich plant oil - slippery) - constipation due to wind-heat (cold nature of the herb).
Niu Bang Zi is also included in 4 formulas
Nuo Dao Gen Xu
Glutinous Rice Root
  • Stops sweating caused by deficiency - nightsweats, spontaneous sweats.
  • Deficient yin fevers.
Xing Ren
Apricot Seed
  • Stops cough and calms wheezing due to hot or cold patterns - especially for dry cough.
  • Moistens the intestines, unblocks the bowels.
Xing Ren is also included in 5 formulas
Zhi Gan Cao
Honey Fried Licorice Root
  • This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas.  See Gan Cao for complete information.
Zhi Gan Cao is also included in 21 formulas