Herbs That Relieve Coughing And Wheezing
TCM Materia Medica
Herbs That Relieve Coughing And Wheezing - Herbal Functional Grouping (11 herbs)
Herbs That Relieve Coughing And Wheezing General Introduction
- Generally useful for symptoms involving coughing and wheezing.
- Often combined with other herbs to treat the overall pattern (root).
Herbs That Relieve Coughing And Wheezing Section Summary / Study Notes
- 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.
B
- Bai Bu (Stemona Root)
K
- Kuan Dong Hua (Coltsfoot Flower)
M
- Ma Dou Ling (Birthwort Fruit)
- Meng Shi (Lapis Stone)
- Mu Hu Die (Oroxylum Seeds)
P
- Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf)
S
- Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry Root Bark)
- Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit)
T
- Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seeds)
X
- Xing Ren (Apricot Seed)
Z
- Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)
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