ERB FORMULAS

SAN ZI YANG QIN TANG - 三子養親湯 - THREE SEED DECOCTION TO NOURISH ONE'S PARENTS

English: Three Seed Decoction to Nourish One’s Parents
Also Known As: Decoction of Three Seeds Nourishing the Parents

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi 6-9g Warms the Lungs, regulates Lung Qi, resolves Phlegm and relaxes the diaphragm.
With Lai Fu Zi restores the smooth flow of Qi and reduces Phlegm to treat coughs and wheezing especially when the chest and diaphragm feel full of Phlegm, particularly Cold-Phlegm, and the descent of Lung Qi is impaired.
With Lai Fu Zi and Zi Su Zi for cough with copious, clear, bubbly sputum, and pain, fullness, and distention of the chest due to Cold-Phlegm Obstructs the chest and flanks.
Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi 6-9g Stops cough, calms wheezing, descends Qi and dissolves Phlegm.
Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi 6-9 Reduces Food Stagnation, transforms accumulation, eliminates distention, descends Qi and reduces Phlegm.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Descends Qi
  • Relaxes the diaphragm
  • Reduces Food Stagnation
  • Resolves Phlegm

SYNDROMES

  • Cold in the Lungs with Food Stagnation
  • Cold Phlegm Obstructs the Lungs
  • Phlegm Retention with Qi Stagnation
  • Han Tan
  • Elderly person with a weak Spleen and Stomach and Phlegm due to Food Stagnation
  • Emergency Rebellious Qi Conditions

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Cough
  • Wheezing
  • Copious sputum
  • Chest distention
  • Anorexia
  • Indigestion
  • Hiccup
  • Shortness of breath
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy, white
  • P: Slippery

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe Cold: For severe coughing and wheezing:
+ More Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi + More Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi
For severe Food Stagnation: For hard, firm stools:
+ More Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi +Mel (honey) Feng Mi
For Spleen Yang Deficiency with copious, watery sputum, nausea, and vomiting:
For severe wheezing, a stifling sensation in the chest, and difficulty expectorating:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
For concurrent Wind-Cold:
For cold sensations: + Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu
+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ Fol. Perillae
For acute asthma due to Cold:
For asthma due to Phlegm Stagnation:
+ Pheretima/Pheretima Di Long + Sm. Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ The Three Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For asthma, cough and profuse sputum:
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Poria Fu Ling
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Poria Fu Ling + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For asthma, cough and profuse sputum:
For vascular Bi:
 + Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang
+ 15g Poria Fu Ling + Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 9g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ 6g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For cough due to Phlegm-Damp Attacks the Lungs:
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi

+ Decoction of Two Old (Cured) Drugs
Er Chen Tang

+ 6g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou - Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi
+ 12g Pheretima Di Long - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jian
+ 30g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren - Fr. Mume Wu Mei
For cough with thick white sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Attacks the Lungs:
 - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao

+ Decoction of Two Old (Cured) Drugs
Er Chen Tang

 + 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
- Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi + 10g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jian + 10g Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei + 10g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For cough due to Phlegm-Damp Attacks the Lungs with Spleen Qi Deficiency:
+ 10g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Decoction of Two Old (Cured) Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 10g Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi - Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi
+ 10g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jian
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang - Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ Hb Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For pediatric cough:
 + 10g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
- Sm Sinapis Bai Jie Zi + 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Sm. Descurainiae/ Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ 10g Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi
+ Rx. Asteris Zi Wan + 10g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
For pediatric cough with Spleen and Lung Qi Deficiency:
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For pediatric cough with Qi and Yin Deficiency:
 - Sm Sinapis Bai Jie Zi
- Sm Sinapis Bai Jie Zi + Sm. Descurainiae/ Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ Sm. Descurainiae/ Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
+ Rx. Asteris Zi Wan + Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu
+ Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu + Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Rx. Glehniae/ Adenophorae Sha Shen + Poria Fu Ling
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
For pediatric cough with Phlegm and Blood Stagnation:
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion:
- Sm Sinapis Bai Jie Zi
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang

 + Sm. Descurainiae/ Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with profuse Phlegm:
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang

 + Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Rx. Ilicis Pubescentis Mao Dong Qing
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can
+ 9g Per. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Pi
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with severe Qi Deficiency:
+ 6g Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with Damp Stagnation in the Middle:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang

 + 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 15g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 3g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with thick, white difficult-to-expectorate Phlegm:
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with severe panting and wheezing:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + 9g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 9g Rx. Asteris Zi Wan + 9g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ 9g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua + 9g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
+ 3g Pheretima Di Long
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with Kidney Yang Deficiency:
For asthma due to Phlegm congestion with Kidney Yin Deficiency:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Kidney Qi Pills
Shen Qi Wan
+ Six Ingredient Pills with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
or
or
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + 12g Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
+ 12g Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang + 9g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ 3g Lignum Aquilariae Chen Xiang
+ 12g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
For asthma due to Phlegm-Damp:
For asthma due to Phlegm-Damp with copious Phlegm and severe wheezing and an inability to lie flat:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
 - Fr. Mume Wu Mei
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei + 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For asthma due to Phlegm-Damp with mild Heat:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 10g Sm. Lepidii/ Descuraniae Ting Li Zi - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ 6g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For asthma due to Phlegm-Damp with Spleen Deficiency:
+ 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ two or three of the following:
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei 6g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 12g Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
9g Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
+ 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 6g Arisaema cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po 6g Concha Cyclinae Ge Qiao
For asthma due to Yang Deficiency with Phlegm:
+ 15g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Kidney Qi Pills from the Golden Cabinet
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
+ 15g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 6g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
For asthma due to Yang Deficiency with profuse Phlegm:
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Kidney Qi Pills from the Golden Cabinet
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
For severe asthma due to Yang Deficiency with Phlegm:
- Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ Kidney Qi Pills from the Golden Cabinet
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
+ 6g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + 6g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 6g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin + 9g Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
For a cough due to Phlegm-Damp:
 + 9g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
 + 3g Pheretima Di Long
For a cough due to Phlegm-Damp with pronounced Cold sensations, white, frothy sputum, aversion to Cold and cold limbs:
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
For a cough due to Phlegm-Damp with a thick, white, sticky tongue coat, lethargy and heavy limbs:
 - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang + 6g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei + 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
For a cough due to Phlegm-Damp with a Wind-headache:
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 15g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
For a cough due to Phlegm-Damp with Spleen Deficiency:
 - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
 + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang + 9g Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
- Fr. Mume Wu Mei    
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po    
   
+ 12g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen    
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu