HERB FORMULAS

ER DONG ER MU TANG - 二门二母汤 - TWO DONG AND TWO MU DECOCTION

English: Two Dong and Two Mu Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Asparagi Tian Men Dong 10g Moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Kidneys,
generates fluids and resolves Phlegm.
With Mai Men Dong, for a dry cough, thirst and other symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and injured fluids.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 10g Moistens the Lungs, nourishes Yin and stops coughing.
With Tian Men Dong, for Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency with consumptive coughing and occasional hemoptysis.
Rx. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 10g Clears Heat and drains Fire from the Lungs, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu 3g Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm, stops coughing and nourishes and moistens the Lungs.
With Zhi Mu, for coughing with scanty, difficult to expectorate sputum due to Yin Deficiency Fire burning the Lungs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Moistens the Lungs
  • Eliminates Phlegm
  • Relieves coughing

SYNDROMES

  • Lung Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Longstanding weak, dry cough with a little amount of white mucous or blood-tinged sputum
  • If mucus is present, it is thick and hard to expectorate
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Hoarseness
  • Flushed cheeks
  • Afternoon fever
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Insomnia
  • Night sweating
  • Fatigue
  • Emaciation
  • T: Red or Red and dry
  • C: Little or None or Peeled
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a dry mouth and tongue: For a severe cough:
+ 15g Rx. Adenophorae Nan Sha Shen + 15g Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
+ 15g Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen + 10g Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
+ 10g Bul. Lilii Bai He + 10g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang For a low-grade fever:
+ 15g Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu + 10g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu
For bloody sputum: + 10g Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao
+ 15g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ 10g Nodus Nelumbo Rhizomatis Ou Jie + 10g Rx. Cynanchi Bai Wei
   
+ 1.5g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi    
+ 3g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji