Lung Qi Jr. (glycerin tincture) 2oz, Blue Poppy

Zhi Sou San He Xiao Chai Hu Tang Jia Jian

This is a research formula from the People’s Republic of China created by Yuan Xin-shun of the Xin Xiang Municipal Cement Factory Workers Hospital in Henan. It is a combination of Zhi Sou San (Stop Coughing Powder) and Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) with additions and subtractions. Our version is a 9:1 extract in a glycerine base.

RX:

Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
Zi Wan (Radix Asteris)
Bai Qian (Rhizoma Cynanchi Stautonii)
Bai Bu (Radix Stemonae)
Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis)
Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi)
Sang Bai Pi (Cortex Mori)
Fu Ling (Poria)
Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae)
Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae)
Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)
Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
Zi Su Ye (Folium Perillae)
Sheng Jiang (uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis)
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

FUNCTIONS:

Clears heat and transforms phlegm, stops cough and levels panting, fortifies the spleen.

INDICATIONS:

This formula is for the treatment of cough and panting and wheezing in children manifesting as phlegm heat with commonly an underlying spleen vacuity.

THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PHLEGM HEAT INCLUDE:

• Coughing and panting

• Thick, yellow phlegm

• A slippery, rapid pulse

THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SPLEEN VACUITY INCLUDE:

• Recurrent or easy catching of cold

• A history of antibiotic use

• A craving for sweets

• Fatigue

• Possible poor appetite

• A tendency to loose stools

• A fat tongue with teeth-marks on its edges

• A blue vein between the eyebrows at the so-called root of the nose