Herbs That Cool & Transform Phlegm-Heat

Front 1

Channels:
LU

Properties:
Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Cold

A&I:
* Redirects the qi downward & expels phlegm: for coughing or wheezing w/ thick sputum due to heat in the Lungs.

- Releases wind from the exterior: for externally contracted wind-heat or wind-cold patterns (coughing & copious sputum). Most often used in wind-heat patterns.

C&C:
counteracts Li Lu

Dosage: up to 9g

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Qian Hu

Front 2

Channels:
HT, LU

Properties:
Bitter, Sweet, Slightly Cold

A&I:
* Clears heat & transforms phlegm: for many types of cough, chiefly chronic cough, cough with signs of fire due to Yin Xu.

- Clears heat & dissipates nodules: disorders in which phlegm-fire collects & produces nodules, sores, swelling, scrofula, & Lung or breast abcess.

C&C:
- Incompatible w/ Wu Tou & Qin Jiao

Dosage: up to 12g
- 1.5g when taken as powder.
- Raw unprocessed herb is toxic & should NEVER be taken internally.

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Chuan Bei Mu

Hint 2

No School Sample

Front 3

Channels:
HT, LU

Properties:
Bitter, Cold

A&I:
* Clears & transforms phlegm-heat

- Clears heat & dissipates nodules: for phlegm-fire which congeals & causes neck swellings.

C&C:
- incompatible w/ Wu Tou

Dosage: up to 9g
- Raw, unprocessed herb is toxic & should never be taken internally.

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Zhe Bei Mu

Front 4

Channels:
LI, LU, ST

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears heat & transforms phlegm-heat

- Expands the chest & dissipates nodules: Used in treating painful obstruction of chest, Lung abscess, & breast abscess.

C&C:
- Incompatible with Wu Tou, Gan Jiang
- Counteracts Niu Xi

Dosage: up to 30g

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Gua Lou

Front 5

Channels:
Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears Lungs, transforms phlegm, regulates the qi, & expands the chest: dry cough with difficult to expectorate sputum & dry throat due to wind-heat.

C&C:

Dosage:

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Gua Lou Pi

Front 6

Channels:
LI, LU, ST

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears & transforms phlegm-heat: It both cools & moistens

- Expands the chest: stifling sensation, pain, or diaphragmatic pressure.

- Moistens the Intestines: dry constipation - especially in Lung Heat pattern (dry mouth, thirst, irritability)

- Promotes healing of sores: adjunct for breast abscesses & swellings as well as sores that have not yet suppurated.

C&C:
Do Not Combine with:
Gan Jiang, Wu Tou, Niu Xi

Dosage: up to 12g

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Gua Lou Ren

Front 7

Channels:
LU, ST

Properties:
Bitter, Slightly Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears & drains Lung heat, transforms phlegm, & moistens Lung dryness

- Drains heat & generates fluids: deficient yin thirst, wasting & thirsting disorder. Cough with thick sputum or blood-streaked sputum.

- Relieves toxicity & expels pus: carbuncles, sores - Especially for breast abcesses. This can be used both internally & topically.

C&C:
- Pregnancy
- Diarrhea due to cold from deficiency of the Spleen & Stomach.

Dosage: up to 15g

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Tian Hua Fen

Front 8

Channels:
GB, HT, LIV

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears & transforms phlegm-heat

- Clears the Heart and arrests convulsions: spasms & convulsions due to phlegm-heat, wind-stroke with phlegm obstruction & gurgling sounds in the throat, and childhood convulsions. Especially used for treating children.

C&C:
None

Dosage: up to 9g in decoction
- up to 1.2g when taken directly

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Tian Zhu Huang

Front 9

Channels:
HT, LU, ST

Properties:
Sweet, Very Cold

A&I:
* Clears heat, transforms phlegm, & penetrates to the channels: Phlegm Obstructing the Heart Orifices.

- Transforms phlegm-heat & stops coughing.

C&C:
- Cough from Cold
- Loose Stools due to Spleen Xu

Dosage:
- Up to 60g (Coma, wind-stroke)
- up to 15g (cough)

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Zhu Li

Hint 9

No School Sample

Front 10

Channels:
GB, LU, ST

Properties:
Sweet, Slightly Cold

A&I:
* Clears & transforms phlegm-heat: Thick sputum, a stifling sensation in the chest, or coughing up blood.

* Clears heat & stops vomiting: vomiting of bitter or sour material due to heat in Stomach w/ bad breath, aversion to heat, & yellow, greasy tongue. Effective in stopping vomiting & can be used with appropriate herbs to treat other types of vomiting - including morning sickness.

- Cools the blood & stops bleeding.

C&C:
-Nausea & vomiting from Stomach cold or cold food stagnation.

Dosage:
up to 9g.

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Zhu Ru

Front 11

Channels:
LU

Properties:
Salty, Cold

A&I:
* Clears heat from the Lungs & expels-heat: Thick, difficult to expectorate sputum, coughing up blood

- Softens hardness & dissipates phlem nodules: scrofula & similar disorders caused by phlegm-fire

- Promotes urination: hot or stony lin

C&C:
- Cough due to cold from Xu

Dosage: up to 15g (use cheesecloth to decoct)

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Fu Hai Shi

Front 12

Channels:
KI, LU, ST

Properties:
Bitter, Salty, Neutral

A&I:
* Clears heat, redirects Lung qi downward, and transforms phlegm: thick, difficult to expectorate sputum with chest & rib pain

- Softens hardness & dissipates nodules: phlegm-fire goiter & scrofula

- Promotes urination & expels dampness: turbid (cloudy) lin & vaginal discharge.

- In its calcined powdered form, for epigastric pain & acid regurgitation.

C&C:
- Qi Xu
- Cold

Dosage:
- up to 15g (fresh, calcined, roasted)
- up to 3g (pills or powders)

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Hai Ge Ke

Front 13

Channels:
KI, LIV, ST

Properties:
Salty, Cold

A&I:
* Reduced phlegm & softens areas of hardness: various kinds of nodules in the neck or sensation of fullness & obstruction in the chest caused by phlegm-heat.

- Promotes urination & reduces swelling: edema & leg qi.

C&C:
- Cold from Spleen and/or Stomach Xu

Dosage: up to 15g

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Kun Bu

Front 14

Channels:
KI, LIV, LU, ST

Properties:
Bitter, Salty, Cold

A&I:
* Clears heat & reduces phlegm nodules: for neck nodules such as goiter & scrofula

- Promotes urination & reduces edema: edema due to leg qi or floating edema.

- Traditionally used for pain associated with Shan disorders.

C&C:
- Cold from Spleen & Stomach Xu
- Incompatible with Gan Cao

Dosage: up to 15g.

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Hai Zao

Front 15

Channels:
LI, LU

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

A&I:
* Clears & disseminates Lung qi: sore throat, hoarseness, phlegm-heat cough, & constrained leg qi

- Clears the Intestinal Heat & unblocks the bowels: mild constipation due to heat.

- Encourages the expression of rashes

C&C:
None Noted

Dosage:
- up to 9g (3-5 pieces)
- infusion or topical usage.

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Pang Da Hai

Front 16

Channels:
HT, LIV, LU

Properties:
Bitter, Neutral

A&I:
* Dissipates nodules & reduces masses: goiter, also for many kinds of cancers, especially those involving the esophagus, stomach, uterus, & colon.

- Cools the blood & stops bleeding: vomiting blood, coughing up blood, & uterine bleeding

- Reduces toxicity of toxic swellings: sores, snakebites, and dog bite.

C&C:
- weak stomach
- liver disease: significant liver damage & jaundice has resulted from the use of tinctures of this herb
- Overdose - abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting.

Dosage: up to 15g.
- Often taken with wine, or directly in powder or pill form.

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Huang Yao Zi