Herbs That Relieve Coughing and Wheezing herbs traditional chinese medicine Bai Bu Stemona Root Kuan Dong Hua Coltsfoot Flower Ma Dou Ling Birthwort Fruit Meng Shi Lapis Stone Mu Hu Die Oroxylum Seeds Pi Pa Ye Loquat Leaf Sang Bai Pi Mulberry Root Bark Su Zi Purple Perilla Fruit Ting Li Zi Descurainia Seeds Xing Ren Apricot Seed Zi Wan Purple Aster Root

Herbs That Relieve Coughing and Wheezing

Function Overview

  • Generally useful for symptoms involving coughing and wheezing.
  • Often combined with other herbs to treat the overall pattern (root).

Summary & Key Herbs

  • Xing Ren and Kuan Dong Hua - best for cough due to wind.
  • Bai Du and Zi Wan - chronic cough due to internal injury.
  • Zi Wan and Su Zi - cold-induced cough.
  • Su Zi - cough with a stifling sensation in the chest.
  • Sang Bai Pi - heat-induced cough, cough with edema.
  • Pi Pa Ye - dry cough.
  • Xing Ren - cough with wheezing.
  • Mu Hu Die - cough with hoarseness.
  • Jie Geng and Xing Ren - very commonly used for cough.
    • Jie Geng - opens and disseminates lung qi while transforming phlegm - leads actions of other herbs to the lungs and throat.
    • Xing Ren - descending function, used more specifically for coughing and wheezing.
  • Kuan Dong Hua and Zi Wan are often used together, each complementing.
    • Kuan Dong Hua stops cough, cools and moistens, for dry cough.
    • Zi Wan expels phlegm, acrid and dry, can be used for cold-induced cough.
  • Ting Li Zi - stops cough with copious, thick sputum, reduces food/water accumulation.

11 herbs in this functional category.

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