Herbs that Relieve Cough & Wheezing

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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


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