LU+-+Huang+Qi+&+Wu+Wei+Zi

= The combination to treat the failure of the Lung to predominate the Nose and Throat: Huang Qi & Wu Wei Zi =

==**Huang Qi ( Astragali Radix, Fabaceae, Astragalus membranaceus, Milk vetch root, astragalus root)** ==



Category:

 * Tonify Qi

Properties:

 * Sweet, slightly warm
 * Lung, Spleen
 * Raises the qi (NOT the yang qi... that is fu zi, gan jiang, rou gui)
 * Tonifies the Lung and Spleen
 * Stops sweating
 * Facilitates urination
 * Promotes the discharge of pus
 * Generates flesh
 * Spring's ability to rise and expand (Berletich, 2009)
 * CONTRA: Not for early states of sores or if significant heat toxin is present after ulcerating sores

Notes:
 * of Tonify qi herbs, 2 can also tonify Blood:
 * Dang Shen
 * Da zao

Category:

 * Stabilize and bind....Astringe

Properties:

 * Sour, Sweet, Warm
 * Heart, Kidney, Lung
 * Contains leakage of Lung qi
 * Grasps the qi
 * Enriches the Kidneys
 * stops diarrhea
 * nourishes the liver
 * generates fluids
 * CONTRA: Not if ext d/o hasn't been cleared yet or heat from excess in the interior, or early stages of cough or rash
 * Might cause heart burn

** Function: **

 * **contain leakage Due to Deficiency (Fang Feng is more for excess wind)**
 * **huang qi**
 * **secures exterior by moving and rising SP yang qi and distribute Lung qi to surface and distribute Wei qi across the surface and with wu wei zi qi can return to Lung cycle (as opposed to just tonify qi w/o moving). Here it can regenerate tissue and dispel pus.**
 * **Only tonify qi herb that move qi!**
 * **upbearing**
 * **NEVER for LV yang rising**
 * **Wu wei zi**
 * **Stabilizie exterior**
 * **As Huang qi moves wei qi, wu wei zi pulls the qi back to the lung. Hence recovers normal Lung function....this is the GOAL here. Lung qi otherwise would go only one direction.**
 * **Wu wei zi good to pull back a little with the acrid herbs (ban xia, etc) add a little**
 * Also enters the KD and can root the Lung qi further. Esp for people with shallow breath and urniation problem. Another dynamic...both leakage
 * one on skin
 * one urination
 * Dose: HUang qi at least 30 g up to 150g....NBA player need more than 150g
 * Wu wei zi: 5-15 G

** Combining Principals: **

 * According the Mov't of Qi
 * According to Zang Fu Attribution
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to Organ Preference
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to 5e relationship
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to Qi, Blood, Body Fluid & Essence
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to Body constitution of Patient
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nature of Disease
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Location of Disease (int/ext; multiple organs involved)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Complexity of Disease
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Various organs
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Different pathologies at same time
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Minimize side effects
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Encourage patients to take herbs

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Indications: **

 * ===== Lung xu =====
 * ===== Kidney xu =====
 * ===== sweating =====
 * ===== Waste and thirsting d/o =====

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Formulas: **

 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bu Fei Tang