Common Forms in Rehabilitation with Diet (Soft Extract of Pear)
英文 - REHABILITATION WITH DIET

　(1) Soft Extract of Pear (from A Collection of Ancient and Modern Prescriptions)
　
　Ingredients: Proper amount of pear, coltsfoot flower (Flos Farfarae), lily bulb (Bulbus Lilii), lilyturf root (Radix Ophiopogonis), Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae), crystal sugar, and honey.
　
　Preparation and Administration: Simmer coltsfoot flower, lily bulb, lilyturf root and Sichuan fritillary bulb in water for 30-40 minutes, remove the residues, put in pear　(cut into slices) and crystal sugar and continue to decoct.　Put in honey when the slices of pear become soft, so that it concentrates into soft extract.　Take the extract diluted in warm water twice a day, 15 grams each time.
　
&nsbp   Actions: The soft extract has the efficacies of nourishing the lung to arrest cough, relieving sore throat and promoting the production of body fluid.
　
　Indications: It is applied to the treatment of cough without phlegm or cough with little, thick phlegm and difficulty in expectoration caused by deficiency of lung-yin.
　
　(2) Soft Extract of Cherokee Rose-Hip (from Compendium of Materia Medica)
　
　Ingredients: Cherokee rose-hip (Fructus Rosae Laevigatae) 100g, honey 200g.
　
　Preparation and Administration: Decoct cherokee rose-hip in water for 4 times, 2 hours each time.　Mix the 4 decoctions together and continue boiling.　Add honey when the docoction becomes thick.　Remove the froth when it becomes cooled.　Take it deluted in warm water twice a day, 15 grams each time.
　
　Actions: The extract is efficacious in tonifying the kidney and replenishing vital essence.
　
　Indications: It is used in the reatment of such disorders caused by the kidney deficiency as seminal emission, cloudy urine, urinary incontinence and leukorrhagia, which are usually accompanied by neurasthenia and insomnia.
　
　(3) Decoction of Black Soybean and Safflower (from Foodstuffs and Treatment of Diseases)
　
　Ingredients: Black soybean (Semen Sojae Nigrum) 30g, sufflower (Flos Carthami) 6g, raw sugar 45g.
　
　Preparation and Administration: Decoct black soybean and safflower in water for 30 minutes, add raw sugar after the residue is removed.　Take proper amount of the decoction each time,2-3times every day, one dose every day or every other day.
　
　Actions: The decoction has the efficacies of promoting blood circulation and resoring menstrual flow.
　
　Indications: It is used in the treatment of amenorrhea due to blood stasis, pain and cold feeling of the lower abdomen and dysmenorrhea.
　
　Besides, foodstuff composed of only a single herbal medicine and medicated wine are also commonly used in rehabilitation; as they are abundant in great varieties, it is hard to cover everything in a brief introduction like this.　Selection of these foodstuffs and wines should follow doctor's order which is made in accordance with concrete cases.