Herbs 2 Week 11 (herbs that relieve cough and wheeze functions) Flashcards
Xing Ren Functions
Dry cough and wheeze
Externally contracted wind cold
Moistens the intestines
Zi Wan functions
Chronic or lung qi obstruction post wind cold
Cough and cold phlegm
Not drying
For Tuberculosis
Kuan Dong Hua functions
Stops cough Profuse phlegm from wind cold or heat or lung qi xu Moistens lung Externally contracted Not drying
Zi Su Zi functions
Excess wheeze and copious cold phlegm
Moistens intestines
Asthma
Exhalation is difficult
Pi Pa Ye functions
Lung qi downward
Clears lung dryness
Harmonizes stomach
For Lung heat only
Bai Bu functions
Chronic and xu cough
Kills lice
Bacterial Vaginosis
Sang Bai Pi functions
Drains heat from lungs
Yellow of bloody sputum
Promotes urination
Ma Dou Ling functions
Cools lung heat and transforms phlegm
Do not prescribe in large doses or long term because it contains aristolochic acid
which herbs are versatile
Bai Bu, Zi Wan, Kuan Dong Hua
which herbs are for externally contracted colds
Xing Ren, Zi Wan, Kuan Dong Hua
Which herbs stops cough
Kuan Dong Hua
which herb is for lung dryness
Pi Pa Ye
which herb drains heat from the lungs
Sang bai Pi
which herb is cold
Sang Bai Pi
which herb is neutral
Pi Pa Ye