Three-Seed Decoction to Nourish One's Parents
Chinese Prescription: San Zi Yang Qin Tang
English Translation: Three-Seed Decoction to Nourish One's Parents
Formula Type: Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm
Actions: Directs the qi downward, transforms phlegm, & reduces harbored food.
Indications: Coughing & wheezing, copious sputum, focal distention in the chest, los of appetite, digestive difficulties, a white, greasy tongue coating, & a slippery pulse.
Contraindications: Unknown.
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Huang Jie Zi / Mustard Yellow or White Seed |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tranform Phlegm & Stop Coughing • Sub Category: Warm & Transform Phlegm Cold |
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Warms the Lungs, regulates the qi, & expels phlegm: for coughing copious & thin sputum, chest distention, & pain due to the accumulation of phlegm-cold, especially in chronic disorders. 2 Dissipates nodules, reduces swelling, & alleviates pain: for phlegm-cold accumulating in the channels with such symptoms as joint pain, body aches, yin-type boils, bedsores, or watery, oozing sores. |
MeridiansLung |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of cough due to Lung deficiency, & yin deficiency with heat signs. Do not use topically for patients with skin sensitivities. |
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Zi Su Zi / Perilla (Purple) Fruit, Perilla Seed |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tranform Phlegm & Stop Coughing • Sub Category: Relieve Coughing & Wheezing |
Dosage4.5-9g |
Actions1. Stops coughing & wheezing, redirects the qi downward, & dissolves phlegm: for coughing & wheezing with copious phlegm. Especially useful when exhalation is more labored than inhalation & there is a stifling sensation in the chest.
2. Moistens the Intestines: for constipation due to dry Intestines. |
MeridiansLarge Intestine, Lung |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of chronic diarrhea. |
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Lai Fu Zi / Radish Seeds |
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Taste: Acrid, Sweet • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Relieve Food Stagnation • Sub Category: |
Dosage6-12g |
Actions1. Reduces food stagnation & transforms accumulation: for food stagnation accumulating in the middle burner with fullness & distention, belching with a rotten smell, acid reguritation, or abdominal pain with difficult diarrhea.
2. Causes qi to descend & reduces phlegm: for chronic productive cough or wheezing. Most effective in cases due to excess. |
MeridiansLung, Spleen, Stomach |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of qi deficiency. |