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Boosting (and supplementing) lung qì

补益肺气 〔補益肺氣〕 bǔ yì fèi qì

A method of treating lung qì vacuity characterized by feeble speech, cough and panting and shortness of breath, using medicinals such as codonopsis (Codonopsis Radix, 党参 dǎng shēn), astragalus (Astragali Radix, 黄芪 huáng qí), licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), and schisandra (Schisandrae Fructus, 五味子 wǔ wèi zǐ). A representative lung-qi–boosting formula is Lung-Supplementing Decoction (补肺汤 bǔ fèi tāng).

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