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Xing ren – armeniaca sem.

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  • Apricot seed
  • Directs Lung qi downward, disperses wind-cold, moistens the Intestines; slightly toxic.
  • In Ma Huang Tang
  • Strong to stop hot or cold cough and wheezing, moistens the intestines
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Bai bu – stemona rad.

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  • Stemona root
  • Moisten lung, stop cough – chronic and acute cough, deficient cough
  • Expel parasites, kills lice – topically for lice, internally for pinworms
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Sang bai pi – mori cort.

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•	Mulberry root bark
•	Sweet, cold
•	Strongest stop cough herb for a LUNG HEAT pattern 
•	Barking Loud Cough (Excess) 
yang edema
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Pi pa ye – eriobotrya fol.

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  • Loquat leaf
  • Harmonize stomach, clear stomach heat, redirects rebel stomach Qi, nausea, vomit, hiccups, belching
  • Alleviate nausea and wheezing
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Zi su zi – perilla fr.

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  • Purple perilla fruit
  • Stop cough and wheezing
  • Moistens intestines
  • BEST at directing qi down to disperse phlegm and calm wheezing
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Zi wan – asteris rad.

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  • Purple aster root
  • Relieves cough, expels phlegm (strongest function)
  • Used with Kuan Dong Hua
  • Wide range of applications: wind-cold, wind-heat, LU xu, and consumption
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Kuan dong hua – farfara fl.

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  • Coltsfoot flower
  • Frying in Honey enhances moistening function of lungs (strongest function)
  • Used with Zi Wan
  • Acrid and warm, but not drying; dispersing, but not draining; appropriate for any type of cough or wheezing
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Ting Li Zi – lepidium v.

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  • Descurainia Seeds
  • Most attacking, really good for yang edema
  • Drains LU heat, relieve phlegm, calm wheezing – excess type wheezing and coughing with excess sputum and gurgling sound in throat
  • Moves water, reduces edema – facial edema, fluid accumulation in chest and abdomen, urinary difficulty