Prescription for Treating Chronic Cough in Children
Formulation and Usage: Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii 6–9g, add 250ml water. Boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes, collect about 100ml juice; second decoction adds 200ml water, collect 100ml juice. Mix both decoctions, divide into several doses, drink daily. For severe cough with irritability, add Cicada Slough 3g; if phlegm is copious and clear, add Peucedanum Root 5g.
Effects: Transform phlegm, stop cough. Indicated for chronic cough in children unrelieved, with white sticky sputum, excessive amount.<cough>