Herbal Teas for Lung Health: A Natural Approach to Relieve Cough and Phlegm

December 20, 2023

1. Bai Bu Zi Tea

Ingredients: 3g Bai Bu, 3g Zi Wan, 3g Bai Qian, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Nourish lung qi, resolve phlegm, and stop coughing.

Indication: Lung qi stagnation, excessive coughing with phlegm.

2. Bai Bu Qing Dan Tea

Ingredients: 3g Bai Bu, 1g Huang Qin, 2g Dan Shen, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Moisturize lung and descend qi, clear heat and activate blood circulation.

Indication: Pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia.

3. Bai Wei Tea

Ingredients: 3g Bai Bu, 3g Wu Wei Zi, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 200ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Tonify lung and kidney qi, stop coughing.

Indication: Chronic cough due to lung and kidney deficiency; long-term cough in elderly patients with bronchiectasis and constitutional weakness.

4. Kuan Dong Hua Tea

Ingredients: 5g Kuan Dong Hua, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 200ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Moisturize lung and descend qi, stop coughing and dissolve phlegm.

Indication: Cough and wheezing, chronic bronchitis.

5. Kuan Dong Bei Tea

Ingredients: 5g Kuan Dong Hua, 2g Chuan Bei Mu, 3g Sang Bai Pi, 3g Wu Wei Zi, 3g Gan Cao, 5g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Kuan Dong Hua, Chuan Bei Mu, Sang Bai Pi, and Wu Wei Zi with 350ml water, then brew Gan Cao and Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light.

Function: Disperse lung and stop coughing.

Indication: Severe and persistent cough; esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, achalasia, and other diseases caused by phlegm obstruction.

6. Kuan Dong Bai He Tea

Ingredients: 5g Kuan Dong Hua, 3g Bai He, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Kuan Dong Hua, Bai He, and Sheng Jiang with 350ml water, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light.

Function: Stop coughing, moisturize lung and nourish yin.

Indication: Incessant cough with blood in phlegm.

7. Ban Xia Tea

Ingredients: 10g Ban Xia, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Ban Xia with 300ml water, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light. Can also be directly consumed.

Function: Dry dampness and dissolve phlegm, descend counterflow and stop vomiting, disperse accumulation and relieve pain.

Indication: Accumulation of phlegm-dampness in the chest, nausea, vomiting, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen; phlegm oppression headache, dizziness, insomnia; abscess and swelling.

8. Ban Xia Jiang Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ban Xia, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew Ban Xia and Sheng Jiang with 250ml hot water, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light. Can also be directly consumed.

Function: Warm and transform water-dampness.

Indication: Cold accumulation in the epigastric region, lack of thirst, nausea.

9. Ban Fu Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ban Xia, 3g Fu Ling, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Ban Xia, Fu Ling, and Sheng Jiang with 350ml water, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light. Can also be directly consumed.

Function: Promote water metabolism, harmonize the middle burner, and stop vomiting.

Indication: Sudden vomiting, epigastric distension, dizziness, palpitations.

10. Ban Shen Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ban Xia, 3g Ren Shen, 3g Gan Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Ban Xia, Ren Shen, and Gan Jiang with 350ml water, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light. Can also be directly consumed.

Function: Warm the middle burner and stop vomiting.

Indication: Intractable vomiting during pregnancy.

11. Xia Feng Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ban Xia, 3g Fang Feng, 3g Gan Cao, 3g Green Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Disperse phlegm and relieve asthma.

Indication: Phlegm oppression headache, cold limbs.

12. Ban Xia Shen Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ban Xia, 8g Tai Zi Shen, 3g Dai Zhe Shi, 5g Flower Tea

Usage: Boil Ban Xia, Tai Zi Shen, and Dai Zhe Shi with 350ml water for 10 minutes, then brew Flower Tea. Drink when the taste is light.

Function: Dissolve phlegm, descend qi, and stop vomiting.

Indication: Intractable vomiting; phlegm stagnation in esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, achalasia, and other diseases.

13. Chen Pi Tea

Ingredients: 10g Chen Pi, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Dry dampness, transform phlegm, regulate qi, and harmonize the middle burner; anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, promote bile secretion.

Indication: Accumulation of water-dampness in the body, distension and fullness in the hypochondrium, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, cough with phlegm.

14. Chen Shu Tea

Ingredients: 5g Chen Pi, 3g Bai Zhu, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 200ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Strengthen the spleen and invigorate the stomach.

Indication: Poor appetite, abdominal distension.

15. Chen Zhi Jiang Tea

Ingredients: 5g Chen Pi, 3g Zhi Shi, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew for 10 minutes with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Open the chest and regulate qi.

Indication: Chest pain, chest stuffiness, shortness of breath, cough.

16. Chen Jiang Tea

Ingredients: 5g Chen Pi, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Warm the middle burner and invigorate the spleen.

Indication: Dry heaving, cold hands and feet.

17. Chen Gan Tea

Ingredients: 5g Chen Pi, 3g Gan Cao, 3g Green Tea

Usage: Brew with 250ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Promote water metabolism, reduce swelling.

Indication: Acute mastitis; postpartum lactation promotion.

18. Ju Hong Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ju Hong, 3g Green Tea

Usage: Brew with 200ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Dissolve phlegm and relieve congestion, regulate the middle burner and promote qi circulation.

Indication: Phlegm-cold cough, nausea, clear water vomiting, chest and abdominal distension.

19. Ju Hong Xia Tea

Ingredients: 5g Ju Hong, 3g Ban Xia, 1 Wu Mei, 3g Sheng Jiang, 3g Gan Cao, 5g Oolong Tea

Usage: Boil Ju Hong, Ban Xia, Wu Mei, and Sheng Jiang with 350ml water, then brew Gan Cao and Oolong Tea. Drink when the taste is light.

Function: Dry dampness, dissolve phlegm, regulate qi, and harmonize the middle burner.

Indication: Chest and abdominal distension, nausea, clear water vomiting, white phlegm, dizziness, palpitations; elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, emphysema.

20. Hou Po Tea

Ingredients: 10g Hou Po, 3g Flower Tea

Usage: Brew with 300ml hot water and drink when the taste is light.

Function: Warm the middle burner, resolve dampness, dissolve phlegm; antibacterial.

Indication: Distension and pain in the chest and abdomen, regurgitation and vomiting, poor digestion; phlegm-dampness cough, cold and dampness diarrhea.

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