Internal Medicine Handout 3 Points And Herbs

Front 1

Cough with loud voice, white watery sputum, aversion to cold, fever, no sweating, headache, general aching, thin white tongue coating, and floating pulse.

Back 1

A. Wind-Cold Attacking the Lung

Treatment Principle
Expel wind and scatter cold, disperse the lung qi and alleviate cough

Hint 1

Acupuncture Treatment
Feishu BL13, Lieque LU7, Hegu LI4, Fengmen BL12, Dazhu BL11

Herbal Treatment
San Ao Tang, Zhi Sou San with modifications

Front 2

Severe and frequent cough, sticky or yellow sputum, dry throat, thirst, or runny nose with yellow discharge, aversion to cold, fever, sweating, headache, thin yellow tongue coating, floating and rapid pulse.

Back 2

B. Wind-Heat Penetrating the Lung

Treatment Principle
Expel wind and clear heat, resolve phlegm and alleviate cough
Acupuncture
Feishu BL13, Lieque LU7, Hegu LI4, Dazhui DU14, Quchi LI11, Waiguan SJ5

Hint 2

Herbal Treatment
Sang Ju Yin with modifications

Front 3

Dry, ticklish and persistent cough, small and sticky sputum which is difficult to expectorate, nasal congestion, aversion to cold, fever, headache, red tongue with dry coating, floating and rapid pulse.

Back 3

C. Wind-Dryness Damaging the Lung

Treatment Principle
Expel wind and clear the lung, moisten dryness and alleviate cough

Hint 3

Acupuncture Treatment
Feishu BL13, Lieque LU7, Hegu LI4, Chize LU5

Herbal Treatments
Sang Xing Tang, Xing Su San with modifications

Front 4

Prolonged cough, heavy and turbid voice, a great amount of sticky and greasy sputum, a feeling of oppression of the chest and epigastrium, nausea, poor appetite, general lassitude, loose stool, white and greasy tongue coating, soggy and slippery pulse.

Back 4

D. Damp-Phlegm Accumulating in the Lung

Treatment Principle
Fortify the spleen, dry dampness, resolve phlegm and alleviate cough

Hint 4

Acupuncture
Feishu BL13, Taiyuan LU9, Hegu LI4, Taibai SP3, Fenglong ST40, Zhangmen LR13.

Herbal Treatment
Er Chen Ping Wei Tang, San Zi Yang Qin Tang with Modifications

Front 5

Clinical Manifestations
Cough, breathlessness, sticky or yellow fishy difficult to expectorate sputum, feeling of oppression of the chest, dry stool, dark urine, red tongue with thin yellow greasy coating, slippery and rapid pulse.

Back 5

E. Phlegm-Heat Congesting in the Lung

Treatment Principle
Clear heat and ascend lung qi, resolve phlegm and alleviate cough

Hint 5

Acupuncture
Feishu BL13, Taiyuan LU9, Taibai SP3, Fenglong ST40, Zhangmen LR13, Hegu LI4, Dazhui DU14, Quchi LI11


Herbal Treatment
Qing Jin Hua Tan Tang with Modifications

Front 6

Sudden bouts of cough, a feeling of phlegm in the throat, sticky sputum, swelling and pain in the costal and epigastrium, dark urine, dry stool, thin yellow and dry tongue coating, string-taut and rapid pulse.

Back 6

F. Liver-Fire Insulting the Lung

Treatment Principle
Clear heat and subdue fire, pacify the liver, regulate qi and stop cough

Hint 6

Acupuncture
Feishu BL13, Chize LU5, Yuji LU10, Xingjian LR2, Taichong LR3, Yanglingquan GB34

Herbal Treatment
Jia Jian Xie Bai San + Dai Ge San with Modifications

Front 7

Clinical Manifestations
Dry cough, sticky sputum or blood-tinged sputum, hoarseness, malar flush, afternoon tidal fever, 5-palm fever, night sweats, red tongue with little coating, fine and rapid pulse

Back 7

G. Lung Yin Deficiency

Treatment Principle
Nourish yin and moisten the lung, alleviate cough and transform phlegm
Acupuncture
Feishu BL13, Gaohuangshu BL43, Chize LU5, Zhaohai KI6

Hint 7

Herbal Treatment
Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang with
Modifications