Formulas that Direct Rebellious Qi Downward

Question 1

Indications: COUGHING & WHEEZING due to Excess above & Deficiency Below (Asthma)

Answer 1

**Perilla Fruit dec. for Directing qi downward-Su zi jiang qi tang

Question 2

Indications: Coughing/Wheezing with PHLEGM HEAT

Answer 2

Arrest Wheezing decoction - Ding chuan tang

Question 3

Indications: Constraint & Clumping of LIVER QI

Answer 3

Four Milled-Herb dec. - Si mo tang

Question 4

Indications: PHLEGM TURBIDITY

Answer 4

Inula & Hermatite dec. - Xuan fu Dai zhe tang

Question 5

Indications: HICCOUGH & Dry HEAVES

Answer 5

**Tangerine Peel & Bamboo Shavings dec. - Ju pi Zhu ru tang

Question 6

Cough/Wheeze with Watery Copious Sputum, Sob, Labored Inhalation, Smooth Exhalation
T: White Slippery Greasy

Answer 6

**Perilla Fruit dec. for Directing qi downward - Su zi jiang qi tang

Question 7

Cough/Wheeze with Copious amounts of THICK YELLOW SPUTUM, Labored Breathing
T: Greasy, yellow coating
P: Slippery, Rapid

Answer 7

Arrest Wheezing Decoction - Ding chuan tang

Question 8

Irritable, Stifling Sensation in Chest & Diaphragm - Labored Breathing, Wheezing

Answer 8

Four Milled-Herb dec. - Si mo tang

Question 9

Unremitting BELCHING, HICCOUGH, Regurgitation

Answer 9

Inula & Hematite dec.

Question 10

HICCOUGH, Nausea, Dry HEAVES, Debility after LONG ILLNESS, HEAT from ST DEFICIENCY
T: Red
P: Deficient & Rapid

Answer 10

**Tangerine Peel & Bamboo Shavings dec. - Ju pi Zhu ru tang

Question 11

Chief Herb for Perilla Fruit dec. for Directing qi downward

Answer 11

SU ZI - cough, wheeze, qi down

Question 12

Herbs in Perilla Fruit dec. for Directing qi downward - Su zi jiang qi tang

Answer 12

SU Zi-Chief
Ban Xia - damp, phlegm, qi down
Dang Gui  - T. Blood, moves blood
Gan Cao   - T. Qi, Harmonizes
Hou Po   - Qi down, damp/phlegm
Qian Hu   - Qi down, phlegm
Rou Gui   - Warms Kidney

Question 13

Herbs in Arrest Wheezing Decoction

Answer 13

Yin Xing - Chief
Ma Huang
Su zi
Gan Cao
Kuan Dong Hua
Ying Ren
San Bai Pi
Huang Qin
Ban Xia

Question 14

Chief Herb/s for Tangerine Peel & Bamboo Shavings dec.

Answer 14

CHEN PI & ZHU RU

Question 15

Herbs in Tangerine Peel & Bamboo shavings decoction - Ju pi Zhu ru tang

Answer 15

Chief:  Chen Pi   - qi, SP
Chief:  Zhu Ru   - phlegm/heat, stops 
                                              vomiting
Ren Shen   - Qi T. LU & SP, Fluids
Sheng Jiang   - Qi down, vomiting down,   
                       harmonizes ST
Gan Cao   - T. Qi, harmonizes
Da Zao   - T. Qi & SP