The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Red body with a sticky-yellow coating.
Turbid Phlegm in the Lungs
Clinical Manifestations
Breathlessness, difficulty in breathing out, a feeling of oppression and fullness of the chest,
cough with profuse sticky-white sputum, vomiting or nausea, sticky taste, no thirst.
Tongue: thick-sticky-white coating.
Pulse: Slippery-Full.
This condition is characterized by retention of Damp-Phlegm in the Lungs. Damp-Phlegm
severely obstructs the descending of Lung-Qi resulting in cough and breathlessness. Phlegm also
impairs the circulation of Qi in the chest, thus causing a feeling of oppression and fullness of the
chest and nausea or vomiting (as it also prevents the descending of Stomach-Qi).
Treatment Principle
Resolve Phlegm, restore the descending of Lung-Qi.
Acupuncture
General Prescription
LU-5 Chize, LU-7 Lieque, LU-1 Zhongfu, P-6 Neiguan, ST-40 Fenglong, BL-13 Feishu, BL-20
Pishu. Reducing or even method.
Explanation
- LU-5 and LU-7 expel Damp-Phlegm from the Lungs and restore the descending of
Lung-Qi. - LU-1 relieves the feeling of oppression of the chest.
- P-6 relieves fullness of the chest, stops nausea or vomiting and opens the chest,
facilitating the expulsion of phlegm.
Herbal Treatment
Prescription