
Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang
Pin Ying Name: Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang
English Name: Pinellia Clear Qi Decoction
Chinese Name: 清氣化痰湯
Herbs & Actions
Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Actions |
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Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum | Zhi Ban Xia |
Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious Qi and stops vomiting. With Chen Pi, for productive cough and a stifling sensation in the chest due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction or Spleen Qi Deficiency. With Fu Ling, for Phlegm, thin mucus and turbid Dampness. With Huang Qin, for Phlegm-Heat induced Rebellious Qi with cough, nausea, and vomiting. |
Arisaemae cum Bile | Dan Nan Xing |
Clears Heat and dissolves Phlegm. |
Dry-fried Rx. Scutellariae | Chao Huang Qin |
Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire and detoxifies. |
Sm. Trichosanthis | Gua Lou Ren |
Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm and expands the chest. |
Dry-fried Fr. Aurantii Immaturus | Chao Zhi Shi |
Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi and transforms Phlegm. With Chen Pi, strengthens the Middle Jiao. |
Per. Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi |
Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and Descends Qi. |
Poria | Fu Ling |
Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and transforms Phlegm. With Zhi Ban Xia and Chen Pi, for nausea, vomiting, chest fullness and distention and anorexia due to congested fluids. |
Sm. Armeniacae | Xing Ren |
Stops cough and calms wheezing. |
Formula Actions
- Clears Heat
- Dissolves Phlegm
- Descends Qi
- Stops cough
Syndromes
- Phlegm-Heat Congests the Lung
- Phlegm-Heat Obstructs the Middle Jiao
- Re Tan
Clinical Manifestations
- Rapid breathing with a harsh voice
- Cough with expectoration of copious thick, purulent, yellow-green sputum or blood-flecked, foul-smelling pus (as in Lung abscess)
- The sputum is difficult to expectorate
- Maybe chills and fever
- Dyspnea
- Fullness and distention in the chest and diaphragm
- Nausea
- Asthma
- Epigastric fullness and distention
- Chest pain
- Pain in the ribs
- Dry mouth
- Constipation
- Scanty, dark urine
- T: Scarlet
- C: Yellow or Yellow and greasy or Yellow and smooth
- P: Rapid or Rapid and smooth or Slippery and rapid
Treats
- Hemoptysis
- Cough
- Pneumonia
- Emphysema
- Chronic tracheitis
- Oliguria
- Asthma
- Nausea
- Impotence
- Palpitations
- Constipation
- Bronchitis
- Upper respiratory tract infection
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic rhinitis
- Sinusitis
- COPD
- Fever
- Prostatic hypertrophy
- Cervical lymphadenopathy
- Dyspnea
Contraindications
- Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency.
- Contraindicated for those with Dryness.
- Contraindicated for those with Wind-Cold.