Formulas: Cold Phlegm

Question 1

Signs and symptoms of Phlegm-Cold.

Organs most affected?

Answer 1

coughing of clear, thin, and white sputum, a stifling sensation or focal distention or clogging in the chest, reduced appetite, reduced digestive functions, a sensation of cold in the body, a white, slippery tongue coating, and a slippery pulse.

Kidney yang xu, SP, LU

Question 2

Hoelen, Licorice, Schizandra, Dried Ginger & Asarum Decoction/Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang

Answer 2

• SHL formula
• SP yang xu with congested fluids in the epigastrium and water accumulation
• warms lungs, transforms congested fluids
• more for interior cold than Minor Blue Dragon Decoction

Question 3

Three-Seed Decoction to Nourish One’s Parents/San Zi Yang Qin Tang

Answer 3

• directs the qi downward, transforms phelgm, and reduces harbored food
• coughing and wheezing, copious sputum, focal distantion in the chest, loss of appetite, digestive difficulties, a white, greasy tongue coating and a slippery pulse.
• Phlegm clogging the Lungs with qi stagnation