COUGH Flashcards
(38 cards)
4 Etiologies of Cough
External Pathogenic Factors
Emotional Stress
Diet
Chronic Illness
What is a Pathogenic Factor
Something that Disturbs Qi, Blood, Fluid, Essence
Is Deficiency a Pathogenic Factor
No - you Tonify, You don’t remove
Cough, slight breathlessness, sneezing, runny nose with white discharge, aversion to cold, no fever, no sweating, HA, stiff neck, body aches
T: Thin White Coat
P: Floating Tight Pulse
Exterior Invasion of WIND COLD
TP; Release the Exterior, expel Wind, Scatter Cold, Restore the Dispersing & Descending function of Lung qi & Stop Cough
Formula fo Cough d/t Wind Cold
Ma Huang Tang
Points for Cough d/t Wind Cold
LU 7, UB 12, 13 (release exterior)
LI 4 & KI 7 = sweating
LU 6 = Xi Cleft, helps with Cough
Dry Cough with a Tickling sensation in throat, aversion to Cold, shivering, Fever, Slight Sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, HA, body aches, sore, throat, swollen tonsils, cough
T: Slightly red on the side and/or front
P: Floating, Rapid puls
Invasion of WIND HEAT
Formula for Cough d/t Wind Heat
Sang Ju Yin
(Morus-Chrysanthemum D)
Yin Qiao San
(Lonicera-Forsythia Powder)
Points for Cough d/t Wind Heat
LU 7, UB 12, 13, LI 4, LI 11
LU 11 = Sore Throat, Tonsils
DU 14, LU 6=Xi Cleft, Cough
Dry & Ticklish Cough, Dry Itchy Sore Throat, Sore sensation in upper chest, dry lips, mouth, stuffed nose, HA
T: Red sides and/or front
P: Floating
Wind Dryness
Formula for Cough d/t Wind Dryness
Sang Xing Tang
(Morus Prunus D) = Dry Heat
Xing Su San
(Prunus-Perilla Powder) = Dry Cold
Points for Cough d/t Wind Dryness
LU 7, 9 (fluid), RN 12 (fluid), KI 6 (fluid), SP 6
Barking Cough (d/t heat/phlegm heat), Chest Pain, Fever, Breathlessness, Thirst, coughing yellow sputum, flaring of alae nasi (LU Heat)
T: Red with Yellow Coat
P: Surging Rapid
Interior LUNG HEAT
Formula for Cough d/t Interior Lung Heat
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
(Sphedra-Prunus-Gypsum-Glycyrrhize D
Shi Gao & Gypsum strongly clear heat
Points for Cough d/t Interior Lung Heat
LU 5 (cl. LU heat), LU 1, DU 14, LU 6 (cough) LI 11
Barking cough with Profuse Sticky Yellow Sputum, Fever, restless, opp. in chest
T: Red with sticky yellow coat
P: Slippery Rapid
Interior - Lung PHLEGM Heat
Formula for Cough d/t Lung Phlegm Heat
Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang
(Clearing Qi and Resolving Phlegm D.)
Xiao Xian Xiong Tang
(Minor sinking Qi of the Chest D.) = Phlegm accum. in chest
Points for Cough d/t Lung Phlegm Heat
LU 5, LU 1, St 40, RN 9,12 (phlegm), SP 6, LU 6 (cough), DU 14, LI 11, SJ 6 (heat), SP 15 (heat)
SJ6 & SP 15 Send Qi down
Repeated attacks of Cough, Profuse expectoration of white sticky sputum, worse in mornings & after eating, nausea, poor appetite, tired, heavy, loose stools
T: Pale or normal with a ticky thick white coat
P: Slippery Pulse
Excess - Damp Phlegm in Lung d/t SP & ST Yang
Chronic Deficiency
Formula for Damp Phlegm in LU d/t SP & ST Yang def.
Er Chen Tang SP Qi Def = Bai Zhu SP Yang Def = Gan Jiang Pronounced Dampness = Cang Zhu Attacks of Cough d/t frequent colds = Huang Qi
Points for Damp Phlegm in LU d/t SP & ST Yang Def.
LU 5, RN 9, 12, ST 40, SP 6, UB 20, ST 36, UB 13
Repeated attacks of a Barking Cough with Profuse expec. of Yellow or Blood Flecked purulent sputum, breathlessness, rattling sound in throat
T” Red with sticky yellow coat
P: Slippery rapid or weak-floating
Chronic Excess:
Phlegm Heat in the Lung d/t Sp Qi def.
Formula for Phlegm Heat in the Lung d/t Sp Qi Def.
Qing Jin Hua Tan Tang
Clearing Metal and Resolving Phlegm D
Points for Phlegm Heat in the Lung d/t SP Qi def.
LU 5, RN 9, 12, ST 40, SP 6, UB 20, ST 36, UB 13, DU 14, LI 11
