Qīng Zào Jiù Fèi Tāng

Question 1

Herbs

Answer 1

sāng yè
shí gāo
mài mén dōng
ē jiāo
chăo hēi zhī má
xìng rén
mì zhì pí pá yè
rén shēn
gān căo

Question 2

Actions

Answer 2

Clears dryness and moistens the Lungs

Question 3

Indications

Answer 3

Headache, fever, hacking cough, wheezing, a dry and parched throat, dry nasal passages, a sensation of fullness in the chest, hypochondriac pain, irritability, thirst, a dry tongue without coating, and a deficient, large, and rapid pulse

Question 4

Chiefs

Answer 4

sāng yè (soft, moist): clears and disperses dryness from the Lungs; metal qi of autumn

Question 5

Deputies

Answer 5

• shí gāo: clears heat from the Lung (and Stomach) channels and thereby relieves thirst; low dosage prevents this ingredient from inhibiting spreading action of chief
• mài mén dōng (sweet, cooling): nourishes the yin by generating yang fluids; assists chief by preventing damage to yin due to warm-dryness and by protecting Lungs as the tender organ

Question 6

Assistants

Answer 6

• ē jiāo, chăo hēi zhī má: moisten the Lungs and nourish the Lung yin; counterbalance the heat-clearing and Lung qi-disseminating actions of the other ingredients with a moistening action
• xìng rén, mì zhì pí pá yè: cause the Lung qi to descend, moisten the Lungs
• rén shēn, gān căo: augment the qi and harmonize the middle, thereby supplementing the mother (Spleen) to benefit the child (Lungs)

Question 7

Envoy

Answer 7

gān căo: harmonize actions of other herbs

Question 8

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 8

Contains rich, cloying substances so use with caution in Spleen and Stomach deficiency.
Should not be used for causes of deficiency in the absence of exterior signs, principal application when pathogenic influence has not been eliminated.

Question 9

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 9

Warm-dryness attacking the Lungs and causing the Lung qi to rebel