Herbs that Relieve Cough & Wheezing
Ting Li Zi
"Acute sensations of fullness in the chest due to water qi w/in the lung cannot be eliminated without this herb."
Kuan Dong Hua
"Cough & Wheezer period"
Sang Bai Pi
"Draining Lung excess will not be successful without ________"
Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing
-Used to stop cough & wheeze -Treats the manifestation or the Branch symptoms -*Always* combined with other herbs that treat the root
Sang Bai Pi
Drains heat from the Lu
Ting Li Zi
Lepidium Seed
Bai Bu
Lit Translation: "Hundred Parts"
Pi Pa Ye
Loquat Leaf
Xing Ren & Ma Huang
Dui Yao: "Fabulous at restoring normal lung function & movement." *Great asthma, cough combo*
Ting Li Zi & Sang Bai Pi
Dui Yao: For swelling of the face & eyes with difficult urination & wheezing from water & mucus in the Lungs
Kuan Dong Hua, Zi Wan
Dui Yao: Great to eliminate cough: *difficult to get out phlegm*, acute or chronic, hot or cold, external or internal
Xing Ren & Jie Geng
Dui Yao: One up, one down; one drains other diffuses; together they regulate the Lu; up & down, transform & disperse, stopping cough and asthma
Bai Bu & Bai Qian
Dui Yao: Strong at transforming phlegm but not as drying, can be used for lung with phlegm, hot or cold, def or excess.
Xing Ren & Sang Ye
Dui Yao: Support each other: one disseminates the other goes down, regulating the direction of the Lu
Xing Ren & Chuan Bei Mu
Dui Yao: Treats chronic cough &/or dry "barking" cough with little phlegm or no phlegm, difficulty expectorating, relentless cough with yellow phlegm due to external pathogen or phlegm heat in the Lu
Bai Bu
Expels *parasites* & kills lice (topically)
Zi Si Zi
For cough & wheezing with *copious phlegm when more difficult to exhale & stifling in chest*
Gua Di
For phlegm so stuck vomiting is the *only* way to get it out.
Gua Di
For when food stagnates above the diaphragm & can't be forced down.
Sang Bai Pi
For: Lung Edema = Puffy face edema
Zi Si Zi
Good for *cold* induced cough
Pi Pa Ye
Good for Lu Heat or Dryness with cough or wheeze
Zi Wan
Good for chronic cough
Kuan Dong Hua
Good for cough & wheezing of *any* type
Pi Pa Ye
Harmonizes the St, clears St Heat & sends St Qi down: nausea, vomiting, hiccups from St Heat
Zi Si Zi
Perilla fruit (seed)
Sang Bai Pi
Promotes urination & reduces edema
Sang Bai Pi
Recently used for hypertension
Kuan Dong Hua
Spicy warm but not drying, dispersing but not draining. Super useful for any type of cough or wheeze.
Zi Wan
Spicy, disperses, bitter drains; it is warm & moistening *but not drying*, stops cough & can promote urine.
Zi Si Zi
Spicy, warm aromatic, moistening, directs qi down to disperse phlegm and calm wheezing also it can moisten the intestines.
Li Lu
TCM Board Question: *This herb is traditionally not combined with:* Xi Xin, Bai Shao, Chi Shao, Ren Shen, Bei Sha Shen, Nan Sha Shen, Xuan Shen, Ku Shen
Li Lu
TCM Board Question: This herb is so *toxic* the dosage is between 0.1-0.15g in pill or powder form
Li Lu
The "get it out of me *now*" herb
Kuan Dong Hua
Coltsfoot
Gua Di
Contraindication: Not for pregnancy, postpartum, or debilitated & blood in urine or cough
Gua Di
Induces vomiting to relieve phlegm heat or *retained food: accumulations*
Li Lu
Induces vomiting to treat *wind phlegm*
Ting Li Zi
Watch: -Wheezing Lu Def -Swelling from Sp Def -Urinary dysfunction from BL Qi Def
Xing Ren
Watch: Bitter, warming, & draining not used for yin def or generally debility. Caution in infants & those with diarrhea *It is toxic so keep to dose*
Xing Ren
"If primal qi is def & sinking, do not use, for fear that it's descending will cause excessive direction of downward qi." Zhang Jie-Bin
Zi Si Zi
"The seeds are slippery and easing. They go straight down and direct qi down."
Pi Pa Ye
"When qi is driven downward, fire then descends and phlegm is eliminated."
Xing Ren
"_________ is the right hand of Ma Huang."
Zi Wan
(Purple) Aster Root
Ting Li Zi
*"Unbinding, draining"* herb
Kuan Dong Hua
*Best for external cough*
Pi Pa Ye
*Directs Qi down* and stops cough, alleviate nausea & vomiting
Xing Ren
*Directs the Lu Qi down*, disperses wind cold, *Moistens the intestines*, good for Ext cough
Sang Bai Pi
*Drains heat from the Lungs*, stops *cough* & wheeze and can drain fluid *edema*
Xing Ren
*Moistens the intestines* & unblocks the bowels
Ting Li Zi
*Moves water & reduces facial edema* or fluid in the chest with urinary difficulty
Ting Li Zi
*Strongly* drains Lu qi, coughing, wheezing and edema of the face.
Xing Ren
Apricot Seed
Kuan Dong Hua
Caution: With coughing blood or pus
Bai Bu
Directs Qi down, good for excess or def *chronic cough*
Gua Di
Dispels damp-heat: *jaundice* where damp is greater than heat
Li Lu
Emergency: for seizures of wind-streak where phlegm comes up & interferes with speech.
Zi Wan
Enters both the Qi & Blood Levels
Gua Di
Melon Stalk
Zi Si Zi
Moistens the intestines & unblocks the stool
Sang Bai Pi
Mulberry white (root) bark
Zi Si Zi, Huo Ma Ren
Pair: Food therapy, together in a congee
Zi Wan, Zhi Mu, Chuan Bei Mu
Pair: For chronic cough from Lu Def
Zi Wan, Jie Geng, Jing Jie
Pair: For clogged Lu with productive cough after Wind-Cold
Zi Si Zi, Huo Ma Ren, Gua Lou Ren (San Ren Tang)
Pair: For constipation & cough
Xing Ren, Huo Ma Ren, Dan Gui (blood tonic)
Pair: For constipation due to qi def & dryness *great for elderly or post-partum constipation*
Kuan Dong Hua, Xing Ren
Pair: For cough & wheezing due to phlegm obstruction
Xing Ren, Zi Su Ye, Zhi Ban Xia
Pair: For dry cough from external wind cold
Xing Ren, Sang Ye, Ju Hua
Pair: For dry cough from external wind heat
Pi Pa Ye, Zhi Ban Xia
Pair: Moist & dry, cold & warm, & direct Qi down; together they are great at helping calm the Stomach
Bai Bu, Ku Shen
Pair: Use as an external wash for parasites
Zi Wan, Huang Qin, Bei Mu
Pair: For coughing yellow phlegm from Lu Heat
Ting Li Zi
The Lu-BL herb
Ting Li Zi
Think: "Baseball bat" (coming for those knees)
Bai Bu
Think: "Bye Bugs"
Kuan Dong Hua
Think: "Cough Drop Herb"
Xing Ren
Think: "Down, moisten"
Zi Wan
Think: "Open the chest/Lung herb"
Zi Si Zi
Think: The Lu-Li pair herb (harmonizes paired organs)
Pi Pa Ye
Think: The Lu-St herb
Sang Ye
This mulberry leaf is used to expel ext wind heat
Sang Zhi
This mulberry twig is used for pain
Li Lu
Topically: Kills parasites & stops itching
Pi Pa Ye
Transforms phlegm & clears Lu Heat: *dry cough*
Li Lu
Veratrum Root & Rhizome
