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What is the nature of the lungs?

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  • Lungs reside in the chest. Connects to the throat and opens to the nose.
  • Prime minister in charge of regulation
  • Internally connected to the large intestine
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What is the function of the Lungs?

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Function of the lungs:

  • Governs Qi
  • Diffuses Qi and bodily fluids
  • Depurates and downbears/descends
  • Governs the waterways
  • Controls skin and space between skin and muscles
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What are the lung pathologies?

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Lung pathologies are:

  • Lung Qi Vacuity
  • Lung Yin Vacuity
  • Lung Dryness
  • Wind Cold Fettering the Lung
  • Wind Heat Invading the Lung
  • Phlegm Dampness Obstructing the Lung
  • Phlegm Heat Congesting the Lung
  • Retention of Rheum in the Lung
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What is the cause/etiology of Lung Qi Vacuity?

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  • Repeated or chronic impairment of the lungs
  • General Qi vacuity can damage lungs
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What are the signs and symptoms of lung qi vacuity? How is it treated?

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Signs & Symptoms of Lung Qi Vacuity:

  • Physical weakness
  • Hasty breathing, shortness of breath
  • Feeble voice
  • Coughing thin phlegm and clear runny nose discharge
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Pale complextion
  • Tongue - Pale
  • Pulse - Weak, empty

Treatment:

  • Tonify Lung Qi
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What is the cause/etiology of Lung Yin Vacuity?

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  • Generally from long-term illness that involve damage caused by external or internal pathogenic heat &/or dryness
  • Also caused by general qi or yin vacuity
  • Similar to qi vacuity but includes signs of heat & dryness
  • Kidney Yin often also effected
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Signs & Symptoms of Lung Yin Vacuity? How is it treated?

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Signs and Symptoms of Lung Yin Vacuity:

  • Dry cough with scanty or no phlegm
  • Dry throat, mouth, nose
  • Hoarse voice
  • Yellow urine, constipation
  • Tongue - red, very thin coat
  • Pulse - fine, rapid

Treatment:

  • Enrich yin & moisten lung
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What is the cause/etiology of Lung Dryness?

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  • Traditionally occuring in autumn, but in modern times can be caused by indoor dryness due to heating and cooling systems
  • Heat evil can transform fluids and transform into Dryness evil
  • The lung desires moisture and dryness damages fluids needed and inhibits lung qi
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What are signs & symptoms of lung dryness? How is it treated?

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Signs & Symptoms of Lung Dryness:

  • dry mouth, nose, throat
  • cough
  • chest pain
  • if in exterior, aversion to cold, slight fever
  • Tongue - dry, thin coat
  • Pulse - rapid

Treatment:

  • Clear lung and moisten dryness
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What is the etiology of Wind Cold Fettering the Lung?

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  • Wind cold settles in the exterior and and Lung can’t depurate or descend
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What are the signs & symptoms of Wind Cold Fettering the Lung? What is the treatment?

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Signs & Symptoms of Wind Cold Fettering the Lung:

  • Aversion to wind without sweating
  • Headache and body ache
  • Fever
  • Nasal congestion/runny nose
  • Cough w/ thin white discharge
  • Tongue - thin, white coat
  • Pulse - floating, tight

Treatment:

  • Course & dissipate wind cold
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What is the Etiology of Wind Heat Invading the Lungs?

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  • Wind Heat assails the lungs
  • Cold Evil depresses and transforms into Heat
  • Heat lingering after Wind path resolved
  • Heat steams and scorches body fluids causing the to thicken into yellow phlegm, and may scorch network vessels causing bleeding
  • Phlegm heat depresses lung qi
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What are the signs & symptoms of Wind Heat Invading the Lungs? What is the treatment?

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Signs & Symptoms of Wind Heat Invading the Lungs:

  • Fever, bitter taste in mouth, flared nostrils
  • Dry throat, thirst
  • Yellow or blood streaked phlegm
  • Yellow urine, constipation
  • Hasty breathing, chest pain, cough
  • Long term chronic heat creates abscess: cough w/ pus & blood
  • Tongue - Red, yellow coat
  • Pulse - Wiry, surging, rapid

Treatment:

  • ​Expel wind, clear heat, diffuse lung
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What is the etiology of Phlegm Dampness Obstructing the lung?

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  • Phlegm damp obstructs Lung Qi causing Qi stagnation and counterflow
  • Wind Cold fettering Lung Qi
  • Spleen Qi vacuity leads to dampness that accumulates in Lung
  • Lung not depurating and descending (for any reason)
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What are the signs & symptoms of Phlegm Dampness Obstructing the Lung? What is the treatment?

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Signs & Symptoms of Phlegm Dampness Obstructing the Lung:

  • Coughing, panting
  • Copious clear, thin, white, phlegm
  • Dizziness, heavy head, poor concentration
  • Chest oppression, pain or palpitations
  • Tongue - swollen, greasy, white
  • Pulse - Slippery

Treatment:

  • Rectify Qi
  • Dispel & Transform Phlegm
  • Calm panting & stop cough
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What is the Etiology of Phlegm Heat Congesting the Lung?

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  • Like phlegm damp pattern, but with heat, tends to be more chronic, long term
  • Phlegm cold damp transforms into heat
  • Wind heat lingers and settles in the lung
  • Spleen Qi vacuity (dampness) and Qi stagnation (heat)
  • Phlegm heat can also obstruct Spleen causing Spleen vacuity
  • Heat can dry fluids leading to yin vacuity
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What are the signs and symptoms of Phlegm Heat Congesting the Lung? What is the treatment?

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Signs & Symptoms of Phlegm Heat Congesting the Lung:

  • Barking cough
  • Sticky yellow or green phlegm
  • Shortness of breath, wheezing
  • Chest oppression
  • Sensations of heat
  • Dizziness
  • Tongue - red, swollen, sticky yellow coat
  • Pulse - rapid, slippery

Treatment:

  • Resolve phlegm
  • Clear heat
  • Descend Lung Qi
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What is the Etiology of Retention of Rheum in the Lung?

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  • Tends to be an internal, chronic condition, due to failure of any organ of fluid metabolism that leads to damp accumulation in lungs
  • Water damp accumulation in Lungs
  • External invasion of dampness
  • Internal dampness complicated by an external invasion
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What are the signs & symptoms of Retention of Rheum in the Lungs? What is the treatment?

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Signs & Symptoms of Retention of Rheum in the Lungs:

  • Copious, foaming phlegm
  • Little or no thirst
  • Cough
  • Worse or inability to lie flat
  • Sensations of cold or sensitivity to cold
  • Body aches
  • Inhibited urination
  • Tongue - white, glossy coat
  • Pulse - Tight, wiry

Treatment:

  • Warm Lung
  • Transform Rheum
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