Herbs That Relieve Coughing And Wheezing-Herbs 3 Dr. Jiao

Front 1

XING REN
Apricot Seed - Bitter, Slt. Warm & Slt. Poison
LU, LI

3-10 grams
CI - don't overdose (mild poison)

Back 1

1. descends lung Qi downwrd (to treat cough)
2. moistens L.I. and moves the stool
-intestinal dryness and constipation

Front 2

BAI BU -(root)
Sweet, Bitter, Neutral
LU

5-10 grams

Back 2

1. moistens lung, alleviates cough (sweetness)
-any kind of cough incl. whooping cough or TB
chronic cough (3 mos. to 100 days). Bai means 100.
2. expells parasites, kills lice on body and head, pink worm fleas, lice.
*Can make tea and use as enema or external wash.

Front 3

ZI WAN
Purple Aster Bitter, Sweet, Slt. Warm
LU

5-10 grams

Back 3

1. relieves cough, expels phlegm
-chronic cough, and cough with blood.

Front 4

KUAN DONG HUA
(flower that descends Qi downward-other is XUAN FU HUA)
LU

5-10 grams

Back 4

1. redirects Qi downward
2. warming nature (for cold cough) - stops cough

*Cold cough is profuse while easily coughed up & worse in air cond, likes warming things, moxa - person has lower body temp, feels cold, lower BP, or hypothyroid.

Front 5

ZI SU ZI
seed - LU, LI
Spicy, warming

5-10 grams

Back 5

*guiding Qi downward-kidney can't grasp Lung Qi or air- chronic asthma, asthma or wheezing in winter.
1. alleviates cough, wheezing, redirects Qi downward
resolves phlegm
2.lubricates and moistens intestines, treats dry constipation.

Front 6

SANG BAI PI
Mulberry White Bark - LU, SP
Very cold, sweet (for hot phlegm), also BP

10-15 grams

Back 6

1. alleviates cough & wheezing, clears heat from lung,
lung heat coughing, wheezing, bronchitis, yellow sticky
phlegm, fast pulse.
2. promotes urination, difficult urination, reducing edema, pitting edema (superficial). Decrease BP, hypertension.
*Guides Qi down, is not addictive like HBP Meds & diuretics.

Front 7

TING LI ZI
(little red seed) -Bitter, Sweet, Spicy
LU, UB

3-10 grams
CI: deficiency (pulse must be strong)

Back 7

1. directs Qi downward, expels phlegm
Coughing, Wheezing
2.Expels water, drains edema in interior of body

*because it is very bitter and cold it is powerful. Combines with Qi and Yang tonics.

Front 8

PI PA YA
Loquat Leaf - Bitter, Neutral (all types of cough)
LU, SJ

Back 8

1. expels phlegm, clears lung heat, directs Qi downward
2. harmonizes stomach, clears stomach heat
(unique in this category)
nausea, vomiting hiccups, belching

Front 9

MA DOU LING
(horse bag bell) - Bitter, Slt. Spicey, Cold
LU, LI

3-10 grams
Caution: strong-can cause vomiting if overdosed.

Back 9

1. redirects Qi downward, stops cough & wheezing
Cold herb so treats hot Sx.
-smokers cough, TB, bleeding, pneumonia w/blood,
hemorrhoids, bleeding w/ BM.
*slowly reduces high blood pressure over time and keeps it down by stabilizing it.

Front 10

BAI GUO
Ginko Nut - (white fruit of) - Ancient Plant
-Sweet, Bitter, Astringent, Slt toxic
LU, LI

6-10 grams -max dose eight nuts
Caution: overdose causes food poisoning- can only eat 8.

Back 10

Other name: Yin Ying (silver apricot)
If overdose, mix w/ ginger and mung bean to neutralize Sx.
1. expels phlegm, stops coughing
2. stops discharge
3. stabilize the lower burner:
-frequent urination, incontinence, vaginal, spermenteria,
bed-wetting.

Front 11

Lung Channel /stop cough Herbs

Back 11

--dispel phlegm, stops cough, lubricates L.I.
--Lung channel opens up 3 burner pathways-
if water accumulates in chest and not going downward.
-Sx can be constipation, food stagnation, phlegm stuck (like frozen water.