Chinese Patent Medicine for Nourishing Kidneys and Resolving Phlegm

Chinese patent medicines for tonifying the kidney and resolving phlegm include Lily Solid Gold Oral Liquid and Solid Kidney Panting Pill, which should be taken under the guidance of a physician. Lily Solid Gold Oral Liquid is composed of lily, rhubarb, ripened rhubarb, maitake, xuanshen, and Szechuan shellac, etc. It has the function of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is used for dry cough caused by deficiency of lung and kidney yin, low and sticky phlegm, dry throat and sore throat. Its contraindications and adverse reactions are not clear. Solid Kidney Panting Pill is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, Radix et Rhizoma Pantotrichum and Radix et Rhizoma Serratiae, etc., which is effective in warming the kidney to hold in the qi, invigorating the spleen and resolving phlegm. It is clinically used for coughing, coughing up phlegm, shortness of breath, especially when moving, etc. caused by deficiency of lung, spleen and qi, and failure of kidneys to absorb qi. It should not be taken by people with cold and fever, and its adverse effects are not clear. If the body is unwell, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the physician treatment, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.