Internal Medicine Handout 4 Treatment Principle

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1. Cold Wheezing

Back 1

Treatment Principle
Warm up the lung, scatter cold, resolve phlegm and relieve breathlessness

Front 2

Breathlessness, wheezing, yellowish phlegm, mental restlessness, red complexion, possible some sweating and headache, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, rapid and slippery pulse.

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2. Heat Wheezing


Treatment Principle
Clear heat and disperse lung qi, transform phlegm and relieve breathlessness

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3. Phlegm Wheezing

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Treatment Principle
Drain phlegm and benefit the orifices, descend lung qi and relieve breathlessness

Front 4

Spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold, sneezing, shortness of breath, weak voice, coughing up clear and white sputum, or slight wheezing, bright-white complexion, thin-white tongue coating, fine and weak pulse.

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4. Lung Deficiency


Treatment Principle
Tonify lung and strengthen defensive qi

Front 5

Slight wheezing, shortness of breath, poor appetite, fullness of the epigastrium, loose stool, pale tongue with thin greasy tongue coating, fine and weak pulse.

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5. Spleen Deficiency


Treatment Principle
Fortify the spleen and transform phlegm

Front 6

Breathlessness, slight wheezing frothy phlegm or small amount of sticky phlegm, sore and weak lower back, puffy tongue with white coating, fine and deep pulse, or red tongue with little coating, fine and rapid pulse.

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6. Kidney Deficiency


Treatment Principle
Tonify the kidney, consolidate and receive qi