Common asthma herbs, in adults and in children, are as follows based on different TCM patterns.

(1). Jamming lung heat
Shi Gao (Gypsum), Ma Huang (Ephedra), Xing Ren (Apricot Seed), Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria), Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry Root Bark), Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seeds), Niu Bang Zi (Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium), Qian Hu (Hogfennel Root), Di Long (Earthworm), Yu Xing Cao (Houttuynia), Ma Dou Ling (Birthwort Fruit), Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf), Jin Qiao Mai (Rhizoma Fagopyri Cymosi), Gua Lou (Trichosanthes Fruit), Hai Ge Ke (Clam Shell), Xuan Fu Hua (Inula Flower), Bai Qian (Cynanchum Rhizome), and Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope Horn).

(2). Cold fluid retained in lung
Ma Huang (Ephedra), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root), Xi Xin (Chinese Wild Ginger), Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig), Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit), Chen Xiang (Aloeswood), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit/Seed), Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), Rou Gui (Dried Cinnamon Bark), and Ci Shi (Magnetite).

(3). Turbid phlegm obstructing lung
Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel), Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizome), Fu Ling (Poria, China Root), Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit), Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed), Lai Fu Zi (Radish/Turnip Seeds), Xuan Fu Hua (Inula Flower), Zao Jia (soap pod or gleditsia fruit), and Bai Qian (Cynanchum Rhizome).

(4). Dyspnea due to deficiency of lung and kidney
Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Ge Jie (Gecko), Dong Chong Xia Cao (Cordyceps), Hu Tao Ren (Walnut Nut), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit/Seed), Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit), Zi He Che (Dried Human Placenta), Shan Yu Rou (Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit), Chen Xiang (Aloeswood), Ci Shi (Magnetite), Zhong Ru Shi (Stalactite, Calcite), He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit, Terminalia, Chebula), Liu Huang (Sulphur), and Hei Xi (Plumbum).