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Asthma, Folk Remedies Formula 1 (from Bai tribe of Yun Nan province of China) bai jing qiu yin 12 g, sang ye 6 g, tian men dong 10 g, bai bu 10 g, gu sui bu 10 g. Boil with about 1000 c.c. of water. Simmer 30 minutes. To be taken orally, one prescription a day. Make into two servings. Formula 2 (from Bai tribe of Yun Nan province of China) Take 30 g of Chinese egg plant root; add brown sugar to taste. Boil with 500 c.c. of water. Simmer for 30 minutes. To be taken orally, one prescription a day. Make into two servings. Roots collected after frost or snow of winter are better. Formula 3 (from Tai tribe of Yun Nan province of China) alum 10 g, rock sugar 20 g, sesame oil 5 g, calcium carbonate (lime) 20 g. Grind all ingredients and add enough water to make into small pills. Dry in the sun. Three times a day, Take with boiled water, 3 times a day, 10 g each time. This formula can be used for asthma of 'heat in lungs'. Three to five prescriptions will show obvious result. Formula 4 (folk formula from Jiang Su province of China) 15 pieces of single clove garlic, rock sugar 300 g First place 5 pieces of garlic and 100 g of rock sugar in a bowl and steam them on top of rice (while cooking) for 20 minutes. Drink the juice and save the garlic. After nine days, use the cooked garlic and add 5 more pieces and 100 g of rock sugar and cook the same way. Drink the juice and save the garlic. After nine days do the same thing with the rest of the garlic and rock sugar and the cooked garlic. This formula is good for cold type of asthma and not to be used with heat type of asthma. Note by the editor: A single clove garlic looks like an onion but tastes like garlic. It is the result of planting immature garlic clove. It is also called garlic onion. If the garlic onion is planted the following fall, it will produce a normal multi-clove garlic again. ¡@ Formula 5 (folk remedy from Yun Nan province of China) di long 500 g, chuan bei 100 g. Bake di long until brown. Grind into powder. Grind chuan bei into powder. Mix well. Take with warm boiled water, 3 times day, 6 grams each time. ¡@ Formula 6 (folk remedy from Xin Jiang [Chinese Turkistan] province of China) ¡@ ku xing ren (apricot seeds)15 g, bai guo (ginkgo)15 g, hu tao ru (walnut) 50 g, qi zi 50 g, cooked honey 60 g. ¡@ Grind the four herbs separately and add 60 grams of honey. Cook with 500 cc. of water until as thick as paste. Take after meals, twice a day, 15 grams each time. ¡@ This formula is suitable for older patients with asthma without phlegm. Do not use if phlegm is abundant. ¡@ Cutting down inflammation and ridding of pollutant contamination in the nose:
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