---
title: "Qian Hu"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/560/qian-hu"
---

 ![qian hu, peucedani radix.jpg](/u/qian-hu-peucedani-radix-IdidPL.jpg) 

# Qian Hu

### Peucedani Radix

_acrid, bitter, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Transforms Hot Phlegm**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Headache

Qian Hu is bitter, acrid, and slightly cold. It enters the lung system
to help with cough and wheeze when treating heat related
patterns.

**Channels:** lung

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Cough
- Diaphragmatic spasms
- Vasodilation
- Allergies

**Formulas:**
- Ren Shen Bai Du San
- Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang
- Xing Su San

**Contraindications:** do prescribe Qian Hu to patients if the
cough has originated from deficiency fire patterns

**Zoo Image:** a Saint Bernard is diving into phlegm puddle while wind-heat
comes off of his lungs and body

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