Qian Hu (Mi Zhi)
Radix Peucedani (cum melle tost.)蜜炙前胡
- Nature
- slightly Cold
- Flavours
- Bitter, slightly Acrid/Pungent, Sweet
- Meridians
- Lung
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Phlegm-Heat-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Hua Re Tan Yao)Phlegm-Transforming, Cough-Stopping and Dyspnea-Calming Medicinals (Hua Tan Zhi Ke Ping Chuan Yao)
- Dosage
- 6–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Qian Hu (Mi Zhi): this preparation allows Qian Hu to moisten the Lung and calm the cough through Phlegm-transformation
- Moistens the Lung
- Clarifies the Lung
- Transforms Phlegm
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Stops cough
- Clarifies and resolves Phlegm-Heat