Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs(TCMHH)

Phlegm-Resolving Herbs

HERBS

Licorice root Safety Guide: Cautions, Contraindications and Sensible Doses

Safety guide to Licorice root in Traditional Chinese Medicine: research findings, traditional contraindications, dosing sense and who should avoid it.

HERBS

Making Licorice root Work: A Practical Preparation Guide

How to prepare and take Licorice root at home: forms, timing, classic pairings and what to look for when buying.

Pinellia Tuber (Rhizoma Pinelliae) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Pinellia Tuber (Rhizoma Pinelliae)

Ban Xia: dry dampness and resolve phlegm, check adverse rise of qi and stop vomiting, relieve stuffiness and dissipate nodulation, resolve swelling and alleviate pain externally.

Ban Xia Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Ban Xia

Ban Xia: dry dampness and resolve phlegm, check adverse rise of qi and stop vomiting, relieve stuffiness and dissipate nodulation, resolve swelling and alleviate pain externally.

Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome)

Tian Nan Xing: dry dampness and resolve phlegm, extinguish wind and stop spasms, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation externally.

Tian Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Tian Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome)

天南星: dry dampness and resolve phlegm, extinguish wind and stop spasms, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation externally.

Tian Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Tian Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome)

Tian Nan Xing (Pedate Pinallia Jackinthepulpit Rhizome): dry dampness and resolve phlegm, extinguish wind and stop spasms, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation externally.

Dan Nan Xing Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Dan Nan Xing

Dan Nan Xing (Arisaema Cum Bile) clears and resolves heat-phlegm, extinguishes wind and calms fright. It is used for convulsions due to phlegm-heat, apoplexy, epilepsy and cough due to phlegm-heat.

胆南星 Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

胆南星

Name Dan Nan Xing (Arisaema Cum Bile) Nature and action Nature Bitter, cold; heart, liver and lung channels.

Arisaema Cum Bile Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Arisaema Cum Bile

Arisaema Cum Bile: clear and resolve heat-phlegm, extinguish wind and calm fright.

Zao Jiao (Chinese Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Zao Jiao (Chinese Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit)

Zhu Ya Zao: dispel phlegm, open orifice and blockage, dispel wind and kill worms.

Zhu Ya Zao (Chinese Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit) Cold-Phlegm-Warming and Resolving Herbs

Zhu Ya Zao (Chinese Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit)

Name Zao Jia (Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormalis) Nature and action Nature Pungent, salty, warm, slightly toxic; lung and large intestine channels.