HERB FORMULAS

ASTHMA #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang 3-10g Disseminates and facilitates Lung Qi, calms wheezing, stops coughing, promotes urination, reduces edema and arms and disperses Cold pathogens.
With Gui Zhi, dispels Cold, arrests wheezing and moves water.
With Xing Ren, for Wind-Cold coughing and wheezing.
With Xing Ren and Hou Po, for wheezing and dyspnea due to Qi and Phlegm Stagnation.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 3-15g Unblocks Yang, transforms Qi and thin mucus and warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels.
With Ma Huang, for Wind-Cold Excess conditions with fever and chills but no sweat.
With Zhi Gan Cao, for palpitations and shortness of breath due to injured Yang of the chest.
Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi 3-15g Warms the Lungs, regulates Qi and expels Phlegm.
With Xi Xin and Gan Jiang, dissolves congested FluidSs.
Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin 0.5-5g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain.
With Ma Huang, alleviates cough and wheezing due to Phlegm caused by Wind-Cold.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 3-10g Warms the Lungs and transforms thin mucus.
With Wu Wei Zi, Xi Xin and Ma Huang, for coughing and wheezing due to Cold congested Fluids blocking the descent of Lung Qi.
With Hou Po, for epigastric distention and pain due to Cold-induced congested fluids.
Cx. Magnoliae Hou Po 3-10g Descends Rebellious Qi, reduces Phlegm and calms wheezing.
With Gui Zhi and Gan Jiang, for distention and fullness due to congealing of Cold leading to Qi Stagnation.
With Xing Ren, strongly descends Qi, disperses Phlegm-Dampness and calms wheezing to treat cough and wheezing from Phlegm-Dampness leading to Lung Qi Stagnation.
Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren 3-10g Stops coughing and calms wheezing.
With Ting Li Zi and Zhi Ban Xia, eliminates Phlegm, transforms congested Fluids and reduces wheezing.
With Ma Huang, for coughing and wheezing due to Excess.
Sm. Lepidii/Descuraniae Ting Li Zi 3-10g Drains the Lungs, reduces Phlegm and calms wheezing.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 3-15g Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Xi Xin and Gan Jiang, for vomiting due to Cold with copious, frothy sputum with Cold signs and thin mucus in the Lungs.
With Hou Po, for Phlegm-Dampness with Qi Stagnation with a sensation of fullness in the chest with coughing and wheezing, nausea, vomiting and a sensation of distention in the hypochondrium.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 3-9g Tonifies Qi, astringes the leakage of Lung Qi and stops coughing.
With Xi Xin, regulates the opening and closing of the Lungs, alleviating coughing and calming wheezing for patients with existing thin mucus who are exposed to Wind-Cold leading to acute wheezing and coughing of clear thin sputum.
Pheretima Di Long 4-15g Clears Heat and calms wheezing.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, softens the Liver, astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei.
With Di Long, helps achieve an antispasmodic effect on the smooth muscle of the bronchi.
With Gui Zhi, harmonizes the Ying and Wei.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 3-9g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops coughing, stops spasms, alleviates pain, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Ma Huang and Xing Ren, for coughing or wheezing due to Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Dispels Cold
  • Warms up the Interior
  • Eliminates Phlegm
  • Relieves bronchial spasms

SYNDROMES

  • Cold in the Lungs

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Hyperventilation
  • Shortness of breath
  • Tachypnea
  • Tightness and a suffocating feeling of the chest
  • Audible wheezing in the throat
  • High-pitched rhonchi
  • Thin, white foamy sputum or
  • Tenacious, white sputum that is difficult to expectorate; amount can vary from scanty to profuse
  • Chills
  • Intolerance to Cold (cold temperature, cold food, drinks)
  • Absence of perspiration
  • Headache
  • Body aches and pain
  • Grayish, and cyanotic complexion
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Wiry and tight

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