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
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
Sub Categories Within The Regulate the Qi Category
There Are 4 Formulas In Our Regulate the Qi Category
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
AsthmaBronchitisCough
All Conditions
Kidney Qi DeficiencyKidney Yang DeficiencyLung Dampness - Phlegm ColdLung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold
All Patterns
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Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan Has 7Ingredients
Ban Xia
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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
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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
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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).
This formula has cautions, see details
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.
This formula has cautions, see details
Qian Hu
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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.
This formula has cautions, see details
Su Zi
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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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