---
title: "Zi Su Zi"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/658/zi-su-zi"
---

 ![zi su zi, perillae fructus.jpg](/u/zi-su-zi-perillae-fructus-2ZdCgo.jpg) 

# Zi Su Zi

### Perillae Fructus

_acrid, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Regulate Qi**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Cough with phlegm
- Constipation

Zi Su Zi is acrid and warm. It enters the lung and large intestine
systems.

**Channels:** lung, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Constipation
- Cough
- Rash
- Asthma
- Dyspnea

**Formulas:**
- Ding Chuan Tang
- San Zi Yang Qin Tang
- Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Zi Su Zi with patients
that present with severe diarrhea due to severe qi deficiency

**Zoo Image:** a wheezing puffin has to unlock a phlegm door and will then go
through a toilet door

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