Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Perilla Fruit Pill to Direct Qi Downward - TCM Herbal Formula

Names Of Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan

Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Perilla Fruit Pill to Direct Qi Downward
Pinyin Name: Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan

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How Is Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Categorized?

Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Regulate the Qi
Subcategory: Direct Rebellious Qi Downward

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Sub Categories Within The Regulate the Qi Category

Direct Rebellious Qi Downward Promote the Movement of Qi

There Are 4 Formulas In Our Regulate the Qi Category

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How Is Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Used Clinically?

Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Usages and Indications

Cough with watery, copious sputum, breathing issues such as wheezing, asthma, shortness of breath (particularly difficulty inhaling), chest oppression. Possibly signs of kidney qi/yang deficiency such as edema, weak low back and/or legs, fatigue.

The Tongue will have a white coating that can be either greasy or slippery.

Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan

Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Asthma Bronchitis Cough

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Kidney Qi Deficiency Kidney Yang Deficiency Lung Dampness - Phlegm Cold Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold

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Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Has 7Ingredients

Ban Xia

Pinellia Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Transform Phlegm Cold category

Usages

Dries dampness, transforms cold-phlegm, descends rebellious qi - cough with copious sputum especially due to dampness of spleen.
Harmonizes stomach, stops vomiting due to lingering phlegm-dampness in the stomach.
Dissipates nodules, reduces distension - phlegm in chest or neck or anywhere in the body, focal distention in the chest.

This formula has cautions, see details

Dang Gui

Chinese Angelica Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.

Gan Cao

Licorice Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong).
Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang).
Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang).
Clears heat and toxic fire (raw) - carbuncles, sores, sore throat due to fire toxin (internally or topically).
Alleviates pain and stops spasms - abdomen or legs (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang).
Often used to harmonize and/or moderate characteristics of other herbs.
Antidote for toxic substances (internally and topically).

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Hou Po

Magnolia Bark

Appears in the Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness category

Usages

Promotes movement of Qi, transforms dampness, resolves stagnation - dampness in spleen/stomach, food stagnation, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distention (*important herb for this).
Warms and transforms phlegm and directs rebellious lung Qi downward - wheezing, phlegm with coughing, stifling sensation in the chest.

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Qian Hu

Hogfennel Root

Appears in the Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat category

Usages

Re-directs rebellious lung qi downward, expels phlegm - coughing, wheezing with thick sputum due to heat in the lungs.
Releases wind-heat from the exterior w/cough and copious phlegm.

Rou Gui

Dried Cinammon Bark

Appears in the Herbs That Warm the Interior and Expel Cold category

Usages

Warms the kidneys and fortifies yang - aversion to cold, cold limbs, weak back, impotence, frequent urination; also for waning of spleen and kidney yang with abdominal pain and cold, reduced appetite, diarrhea; wheezing due to failure of the kidneys to grasp the Qi.
Leads floating yang back to its source - upward floating of deficient yang; flushed face, wheezing, severe sweating (like oil), weak and cold lower extremities, deficient and rootless pulse (false heat-true cold, or heat above-cold below).
Disperses deep cold, warms the channels, alleviates pain due to cold causing qi or blood stasis; amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
Encourages generation of Qi and blood.

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Su Zi

Purple Perilla Fruit

Appears in the Herbs That Relieve Coughing and Wheezing category

Usages

Stops coughing and wheezing, redirects the qi down, dissolves phlegm - cough and wheezing w/copious phlegm, especially for difficult exhalation, stifling sensation in the chest.
Moistens the intestines - constipation due to dry intestines.

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