Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat herbs traditional chinese medicine Chuan Bei Mu Fritillaria Bulb Dan Nan Xing Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile Fu Hai Shi Pumice Gua Lou Trichosanthes Fruit Gua Lou Ren Trichosanthes Fruit Seeds Hai Ge Ke Clam Shell Hai Zao Sargassum, Seaweed Huang Yao Zi Dioscorea Bulbifera Tuber Kun Bu Kelp Pang Da Hai Boat Sterculia Seed Qian Hu Hogfennel Root Tian Hua Fen Trichosanthes Root Tian Zhu Huang Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo Zhe Bei Mu Fritillaria Bulb Zhu Ru Bamboo Shavings

Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat

Function Overview

  • Used for phlegm-heat and dry-phlegm patterns - coughs, scrofula, goiters (stagnant phlegm-fire in the channel), convulsions.

Summary & Key Herbs

  • Qian Hu and Bai Qian - redirect lung qi downward and transform phlegm.
    • Qian Hu - disperses wind-heat.
    • Bai Qian - re-establishes normal downward flow of lung qi.
  • Chuan Bei Mu and Zhe Bai Mu - transform phlegm and stop coughing.
    • Chuan Bei Mu - milder, good for children, more for moistening lungs and the transformation of phlegm, good for chronic cough from yin deficiency.
    • Zhe Bei Mu - more for acute, wind-heat coughs and scrofula.
  • Gua Luo family.
    • Gua Luo - less for lubricating the intestines, phlegm, nodules.
    • Gua Luo Pi (Peel) - more effective in opening the middle burner and facilitating the flow of qi.
  • Zhu Li - extremely cold and slippery - excellent for clearing heat and moistening excessive dryness, and calming the spirit. Also useful for spasms, similar to Ban Xia and often used together.
  • Tian Zhu Huang - slightly cold, gentle in nature, good for children.
  • Hai Ge Ke, Fu Hai Shi - clear heat and transform phlegm, cough with thick and difficult expetoration.
    • Fu Hai Shi - more for wind-heat induced cough.
    • Hai Ge Ke - for chronic cough and wheezing from deficiency patterns.

15 herbs in this functional category.

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