LU+-+Gua+Lou+Ren+&+Bei+Mu

=The Combination to treat the failure of the Lung to disperse its qi and descend its qi due to Phlegm and Heat in the Lung: Gua Luo Ren & Bei Mu=

__Category:__

 * Cool Herbs to Transform Phlegm and stop cough

__Properties:__

 * Sweet, Cold
 * Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
 * Cools and transforms phlegm-heat
 * Moistens the intestines
 * Directs turbid phlegm down
 * Tx Abscess
 * Tx any Bi in Chest
 * Use with Constipation

Category:

 * Transform Phlegm Heat

Properties:

 * Bitter, Cold
 * Heart, lung
 * Cold
 * Drains heat
 * Transforms phlegm-heat
 * Releases constraint
 * Dissipates nodules especially in the neck and breast
 * Zhe better for excess like fire, dissapate combination of fire and phlegm especially when coughing up brown-grey-green chunks.
 * Chunks caused by intense heat and constraint

Notes

__ Category: __

 * Cool Herbs to Transform Phlegm and stop cough

__Properties:__

 * Bitter, cold
 * Heart & Lung
 * Cools
 * Moistens
 * Directs Lung qi down
 * Directs Heart fire down
 * Alleviate Cough
 * Relieve Constraint
 * Disperse clumped phlegm---dissapates nodules ESP in Neck & Breast
 * Opening
 * Light in nature to promote circulation
 * Chuan more for deficiency cough

Notes:
 * Sichuan herbs of note
 * Huang Lian
 * Bai Zhu
 * Fu Zi.....
 * Chuan bei mu

__Combining Principals:__

 * Both direct to the Lung
 * Both clearheat
 * both resolve phlegm
 * both moisten
 * Chuan bei mu is light
 * Gua Luo is heavy
 * Gua Luo is more qi circulation oriented (essential to tx phlegm)....
 * Triad Qi stag-creates heat-heat scorches body fluid to create phlegm-phlegm causes more qi stagnation and cycle continues.
 * Not just cough and wheezing MUST check tight chest for Qi obstruction
 * Then add Gua Luo pi to focus on lung, Zhi Shi to strongly move the qi
 * This heat then forces blood out of vessles
 * progression: green-gray-yellow-brown (blood starts here) then bloody mucus chunks!
 * Tx with stop bleeding: Qian Cao Gen and Bai Mao Gen
 * if tongue shows body fluid damage (peeling)
 * Also use herbs to moisten and lubricate lung
 * Heat has dried lung and hard to expectorate
 * HERBS: Quan Gua Lou, Xing Ren, Mai Men Dong,
 * Eat Asian Pear with Honey and Chuan Bei Mu powder and steam to eat (NO gui zhi and fennel)
 * Gua Luo Ren opens and relieves stagnation, moistens the intestines and lungs
 * Bei Mu better to moisten the LU and stop cough. Clears heat in masses, sweet is good for yin xu and chronic cough (TB). Bitter and dischargin tx fire poisons
 * Bei Mu is light
 * Gua Luo Ren is Heavy...use gua luo pi w/o constipation but can cause nausea w/ weak ST qi

** Combining Principals: **

 * According the Mov't of Qi
 * According to Zang Fu Attribution
 * According to Organ Preference
 * According to 5e relationship
 * According to Qi, Blood, Body Fluid & Essence
 * According to Body constitution of Patient
 * Nature of Disease
 * Location of Disease (int/ext; multiple organs involved)
 * Complexity of Disease
 * Various organs
 * Different pathologies at same time
 * Minimize side effects
 * Encourage patients to take herbs

** Formulas: **

 * Bai Mu Gua Lou San