Bitter Apricot Kernel and Honey Tea

• Bitter apricot kernel (skin and tip removed) 10–15g
• Honey 10–15g

Bitter apricot kernel diffuses and descends lung qi, stops cough and calms wheezing; honey moistens lung, stops cough, and tonifies the middle. Together they diffuse lung, transform phlegm, moisten dryness, and stop cough.

For chronic bronchitis with upward-rushing cough, scant phlegm, dry throat and tongue; may ease elderly asthmatic cough (syndrome differentiation required).

1. Remove skin and tip from bitter apricot kernel; crush.
2. Steep in a cup with boiling water, covered 15 minutes.
3. Stir in honey.

• Drink as tea substitute.
• Use bitter apricot during cough attacks; for daily care, sweet apricot kernel 10g with a few bitter kernels, washed, crushed, steeped 20 minutes, with honey.

Formula recommended by Liu Weizhong, vice president of China Association of Chinese Medicine; commented by Wang Shibiao, Gansu Second People's Hospital (Life Times, CN Radio reprint). To be manually verified.

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