Open Bronchi

To be used as a supplement to a balanced diet when asthma symptoms are present.

Western science views asthma as recurrent spasms in the smaller bronchi and bronchioles resulting in obstructed breathing: wheezing and labored breathing. Signs and symptoms include breathlessness, shortness of breath, and open-mouthed wheezing with particular difficulty in exhalation.

This formula successfully addresses the above signs and symptoms across a wide range of etiologies according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. These may include but are not limited to reactions to food, alcohol, emotions, and deficient Lung and Kidney Qi. This formula is very effective in treating lung obstruction from rebellious Qi and phlegm or dyspnea from deficient Lung and Kidney.

TCM Indication: Accumulations of phlegm and heat in the lung with attack of Wind Cold on the body surface marked by cough, dyspnea, shortness of breath, sensation of fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, sensation of choking, chest pain, weakness of feet, and fatigue of the limbs.

Tongue: White smooth fur or white greasy fur.

Acute care clinical research in China shows that this formula has a strong phlegm-expelling effect as well as good cough arresting and shortness of breath-relieving effects. It also relieves spasms of the bronchial smooth muscle, and it relieves nausea and vomiting.

Cautions: Do not use with elevated blood pressure or consult first with an acupuncture practitioners.