Re:Herbal Formula to prevent/reduce the incidence of bronchitis /

[Guest guest]

There really is no formula without a diagnosis as to why these calves

are getting bronchitis and pneumonia. That's pretty basic Chinese

Medicine. It could be from so many things from damp spleen to damp-

heat to lung vacuity. I would think even with mute calves one could

come up with a preliminary diagnosis based on conditions and signs

and symptoms.

 

I am sure a lot of people would recommend Yu Ping Feng San (Jade

Windscreen) since a tendency to catch colds is widely over-simplified

to be a Wei Qi deficiency.

 

Just as a mater of interest, here is a case study I translated about

the wrong use of Yu Ping Feng Tang. It's by Qin Bo-wei:

 

Mr. Zhang was 67 years old. He frequently suffered from colds and

flu. In January and February it was incessant. His symptoms were

stuffy nose, cough and cough with phlegm. His head and face sweated

and with a slight cold he felt weary. He took Yu Ping Feng San with

no apparent effect.

 

Treatment method: After checking Mr. Zhang I gave him Gui Zhi Tang

with Huang Qi. After that he felt that the strength of his spirit-

essence had increased. All of his pathology gradually resolved and

he no longer had symptoms of a cold.

 

Discussion: The formulas this person took before and after seeing me

both included Huang Qi but the results were not the same. Yu Ping

Feng San treats deficient patients who receive an evil when the evil

is unresolved. It has the purpose of strengthening the Qi in order

to expel the evil. Fang Feng and Huang Qi are generally considered

opposite yet empowering of each other. If you add Fang Feng’s

dispelling quality with Huang Qi, you don’t have to worry about

consolidating the evil. If you add Huang Qi’s strengthening quality

to Fang Feng, you don’t have to worry about overly dispersing the

exterior. Within supplementation there is scattering and with

scattering there is supplementation. This is not the same as

supporting the correct and consolidating the exterior. Because of

this, if the root is without external evil, the frequent use of Yu

Ping Feng San can have the contrary effect of helping the evil make a

sneak attack.

 

 

" 1. Can you recommend a reasonably reliable herbal formula to prevent or

reduce the incidence of clinical bronchitis / pneumonia (viral and/or

bacterial) in young calves (2-10 weeks of age)?

 

The idea is to give the formula as a feed supplement (in the

concentrate, or

in the milk fed to bucket-reared calves), to be introduced to all

calves in the

group as soon as bronchitis/pneumonia is confirmed in one or more of the

group.

 

"

 

Sharon Weizenbaum

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Amherst, MA 01002

413-549-4021

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