Cough (Ke Sou) - Interior Patterns Flashcards
(30 cards)
Cough:
Phlegm - Damp [Interior]
(Sounds like L. Armstrong)
Chronic cough which comes in bouts, profuse white sputum that is easy to expectorate, possible asthma, fullness of chest, can be chronic or acute.
T: Thick, sticky, white coat
P: Slippery or weak, floating & fine
Er Chen Tang
Ban Xia
Chen Pi/Ju Hong
Fu Ling
Gan Cao
[Sheng Jiang]
[Wu Mei]
WITH
San Zi Yang Qin Tang
[3 seed]
Lai Fu Zi [Radish]
Zi Su ZI [Perilla]
Bai Jie Zi [Mustard]
Modifications: Cold LU
[To Warm LU]
Cough (Internal Phlegm Damp)
Gan Jiang
Xi Xin
Gui Zhi
Modifications: More Damp
Cough (Internal Phlegm Damp)
Cang Zhu
Hou Po
Modifications: Prominent SP QI Xu
Cough (Internal Phlegm Damp)
Ren Shen
Bai Zhu
Post Cough - Still Recovering
Cough (Internal Phlegm Damp)
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Ren Shen
Bai Zhu
Fu Ling
Zhi Gan Cao
Zhi Ban Xia
Chen Pi
Cough: [Internal]
Phlegm - Heat
Common in Fall/Winter
[BIO: Bronchitis, Pneumo]
Barking cough, SOB, asthma, chest oppression, YELLOW/GREEN MUCUS (main difference from Damp - Phlegm]
T: Red, thick, sticky, yellow coat
P: Slippery, rapid, full
Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang
[lots ‘o phlegm]
OR
Qing Jin Hua Tan Tang
[lots o’ heat] [[also good for acne]]
Modifications: Clear Heat
Cough (Internal Phlegm Heat)
Yu Xing ao
Modifications: More Infection [smelly phlegm]
Cough (Internal Phlegm Heat)
Chuan Xin Lian
[Andrographitis herba]
[Clear heat, resolve toxicity]
Modifications: Exudate = malodorous sputum w/ pus
Cough (Internal Phlegm Heat)
Yi Yi Ren
Dong Guan Ren [Benincasae semen - Drain Damp]
Cough: Internal
LV Fire Insulting Lung
(Not Common)
High pitched cough, cough induces hypochondriac/chest pain & tightness, emotional lability makes cough worse, sticky/yellow phlegm - difficult to expectorate, bitter taste in mouth, irritability, red face. History of either chronic or acute emotional stress.
T: Red body, yellow coat
P: Rapid, wiry
Jia Jian Xie Bai San
WITH
Dai Gen San
Qing Dai (3g) & Hai GE Ke (30g)
Modifications: Yin Xu
Cough (Internal Phlegm Heat)
Sha Shen
Tian Men Dong
Tian Hua Fen
Modifications: Clear Excess LV Heat/Drain Fire
Cough (Internal: LV Fire Insulting LU)
Zhi Mu
Huang Qin
Zhi Zi
Mu Dan Pi
Modifications: Yin Xu
Cough (Internal: LV Fire Insulting LU)
Tian Huan Fen
Mai Men Dong
Bei Sha Shen
Yu Zhu
Modifications: Chest Pain with Heat-Fire
Cough (Internal: LV Fire Insulting LU)
Yu Jin (Curcumae radix) [Invig Xue (Clears PC/HT & Open orifices, cold)
Si Gua Lou [Luffa, Purge Fire]
Modifications: Nausea/Belching
Cough (Internal: LV Fire Insulting LU)
Xuan Fu Hua [Inula flos, phlegm/pathogen water, descends rebel qi]
Zhu Ru [Bamboo, phlegm, calms fetus, stops vomiting (xu or shi), cools xue & stops bleeding)
Sheng Jiang
Modifications: Rebel LU qi & Phlegm
Cough (Internal: LV Fire Insulting LU)
Zi SU Zi [warm, phlegm/stop cough]
Zhu Ru
Pi Pa Ye [loquat, phlegm/stop cough, neutral]
Cough: Internal
Lung Yin Xu
Dry cough possibly scanty yellow or blood tinged sputum, fever, HA, dry throat/mouth, hoarseness, thirst
PLUS
Blood Xu signs (pale, poor memory/concentration, dream disturbed sleep, scanty menses, pale nails, floaters, anemia, etc.)
T: Red, NO coat, likely peeled, +/- horizontal crack in LU area
P: Thin, rapid or Floating, empty
Sha Shen Mai Men Dong Tang
(also, eczema/dry skin)
Modifications: Sweating
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Wu Wei Zi
Wu Mei
Fu Xiao Mai
Modifications: Clear LU Fire/Heat
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Sang Bai Pi
Di Gu Pi
Modifications: Yellow Phlegm
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Chuan Bei Mu
Huang Qin
Yu Xing Cao [fishwort herb, clear fire]
Modifications: Excess Cough
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Xing Ren
Zi Wan
Kuan Dong Hua
Modifications: Wheeze
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Ban Xia
Xing Ren
Bai Guo
Wu Wei Zi
Modifications: Tidal Fever/Night Sweats
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Yin Chai Hu
Hu Huang Lian
Bie Jia
Qing Hao
Modifications: Bleeding
Cough (Internal: Yin Xu)
Ou Ji [reg xue (also stops bleed)]
Mu Dan Pi
