Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren	Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu	Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
Lung Heat induced non-productive cough or cough with viscous sputum that is difficult to expectorate, with chest pain and a dry throat.	Coughing and wheezing from Dry Heat with difficult-to-expectorate sputum, a dry mouth and a red tongue.	Stomach-Heat induced vomiting and belching.
Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen	Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji	Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
Vomiting or hematemesis due to Heat.	Coughing up bloody sputum. Stop coughs, transform Phlegm and stop bleeding to treat Lung Yin Deficiency Heat leading to Stasis and coughing up Blood.	Irritability and vomiting due to injury to the fluids by warm febrile diseases.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparata Zhi Ban Xia	Fol. Mori Sang Ye	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
Alleviates nausea and calms the Stomach. Treats coughing and wheezing.	Harmonizes the Lungs and Liver. Harmonizes the Stomach.	Coughing with copious yellow Phlegm due to Lung Heat.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong Caul. Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
Nausea and vomiting.

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This herb brings Qi down to the lower part of the body for deficient Qi in the lower aspects of the body.
It is used for asthma and coughing due to Wind, Heat, Dryness and Fire.
This is a common herb in cough syrups.
In decoctions it is combined with Yin tonics, Phlegm resolvers and Lung Heat clearing herbs.
Both Pi Pa Ye and Rz. Cynanchi Stauntonii Bai Qian are good at descending rebellious Lung Qi. Pi Pa Ye is cooling and moistening and best for treating dry cough or hard-to-expectorate Phlegm. It also stops nausea. Bai Qian is warming and parching and is best for External Pathogenic Qi which has obstructed the Lungs causing a sensation of fullness in the chest and the sound of Phlegm in the throat.
Both Pi Pa Ye and Rz. Pinelliae Preparata Zhi Ban Xia treat Lung and Stomach conditions. Pi Pa Ye cools the Lungs to stop coughs and transform Phlegm. It is cool and moistening and is used for Phlegm-Heat and cough from Lung Dryness. It cools Stomach Heat, preventing Stomach Qi from being carried upward by Excess Yang. It allows Phlegm to be more easily moved by Zhi Ban Xia. Zhi Ban Xia transforms Dampness and Phlegm and is better for cough with profuse Phlegm from Phlegm-Dampness. It transforms Phlegm and Dampness so that Stomach Qi is free to properly descend, thereby preventing nausea. It is warm and parching and mainly parches Dampness and transforms Phlegm. Together Moistness and Dryness, Cold and Heat are all represented and the ability to descend Qi is considerably strengthened. They are frequently used together to treat cough and wheezing and to alleviate nausea and calm the Stomach.
Raw Loquat Leaf Sheng Pi Pa Ye or Fresh Loquat Leaf Xian Pi Pa Ye is more cooling and is best for cooling Lung and Stomach Heat, while transforming Phlegm and descending rebellious Qi. It is best for treating nausea due to Stomach Heat. It also resolve toxicity and soothes the throat.
Honey-prepared Loquat Leaf Mi Zhi Pi Pa Ye has a stronger Lung-moistening property and is best to treat Lung heat Injuring the Fluids or cough due to Lung Dryness with rebellious Qi.
Ginger-prepared Loquat Leaf Jiang Zhi Pi Pa Ye is warm rather than cool with an enhanced ability to alleviate nausea and is best to treat Cold-type cough or nausea from Stomach Cold.

INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: PI PA YE - 枇杷叶 - FOLIUM ERIOBOTRYAE - LOQUAT LEAF

CATEGORY

PROPERTIES

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

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