Relieve Cough And Wheezing Herbs

Xing Ren

Properties: BITTER  – WARM/TOXIC

Dosage:3 – 9g.

Apricot Seed

Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG

-stop cough and calm wheezing due to hot or cold

-moistens intestines, unblocks bowels

-use bitter seeds (from north) not sweet seeds (from south)

Zi Wan

Properties: BITTER  – WARM

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Purple Aster

Meridian: LUNG

Root

-relieves cough, expels phlegm(strongest function)

-redirects rebellion Qi downward and stops coughing

-frying in Honey enhances moistening function of lungs

-USED with KUAN DONG HUA

Kuan Dong Hua

Properties: PUNGENT  – WARM

Dosage: 1.5 – 9g.

Coltsfoot Flower

Meridian: LUNG

-relieves cough, expels phlegm

-redirects rebellion Qi downward and stop coughing

-frying in Honey enhances moistening function of lungs(strongest function)

-USED with ZI WAN

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Su Zi

Properties: PUNGENT  – WARM

Dosage: 4.5 – 9g.

Purple Perilla

Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG

Fruit

-stops coughing and wheezing

-redirects rebellion Qi Downward and dissolves phlegm

– moistens intestines

Bai Qian

Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET  – WARM

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Cynanchum Rhizome

Meridian LUNG

-redirect lung Qi down, expel phlegm – cough with copious sputum and gurgling in throat, wheezing

Bai Bu

Properties: SWEET, BITTER,  – WARM

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Stemona Root

Meridian  LUNG

-moisten lung, stop cough – chronic and acute cough, deficient cough

-expel parasites, kills lice – topically for lice, internally for pinworms

Sang Bai Pi

Properties: SWEET  – COLD

Dosage: 6 – 15g.

Mulberry Root Bark

Meridian LUNG, SPLEEN

-lung heat – cough, wheezing

-promote urination, reduce edema, lung heat obstructs lung Qi movement, no sweating, edema, fever, thirst

Ting Li Zi

Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER  – COLD

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Descurainia Seeds

Meridian LUNG, BLADDER

-drains lung heat, relieve phlegm, calm wheezing – excess type wheezing and coughing with excess sputum and gurgling sound in throat

-moves water, reduce edema – facial edema, fluid accumulation in chest and abdomen, urinary difficulty

Pi Pa Ye

Properties: BITTER  – COOL

Dosage: 4.5 – 12g.

Loquat Leaf

Meridian LUNG, STOMACH

FRESH 15 – 30g.

-transform phlegm, clears lung heat – lung Qi up surging, cough

 -harmonize stomach, clear stomach heat, redirects rebel stomach Qi nausea, vomit, hiccups, belching

Ma Dou Ling

Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT  – COLD

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Birthword Fruit

Meridian LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG

-clears lungs, transforms phlegm – cough, wheezing, heat signs

-hypertension, bleeding haemorrhoids