Relieve Cough And Wheezing Herbs
These herbs treat the brah of a disease, NOT
the root!
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
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