Asthma Flashcards
What is asthma?
- Common recurrent respiratory disease
- Condition in which the airways narrow, swell, may produce extra mucous
- This can make breathing difficult, trigger coughing, wheezing and SOB
What are the main signs and smptoms of asthma?
- Chest pain or tightness
- Coughing or wheezing attacks
- Shortness of breath
- Trouble sleeping caused by SOB, cough or wheeze
- Wheezing when exhaling
What are the three main types of asthma?
- Exercise induced asthma
- Occupational asthma
- Allergy induced asthma
Key points for exercise induced asthma?
- May be worse when the air is cold and dry
- Thin and weak constitution
- Using qi so it can make the person even weaker
- Exercising also moves your qi and disease mechanism is rebellious qi so this can trigger it
Key points for occupational asthma?
- Triggered by workplace irritants such as chemical fumes, gases and dust
- Immune reaction causes inflammation
- Asbestos in the Hua Shi (talcum) from Johnson and Johnson
- Carpets when not vacuumed often enough, kids on the floor
- Cigarette smoke
Key points for allergy induced asthma?
- Directly connected to Wei Qi
- Often occurs during change of seasons
- Pet dander
- Pollens, molds
Organ location for asthma
Lung, Spleen, Kidneys
Recurrent asthma always involves depletion of _____ ______. What are five other categories of deficiency for recurrent asthma?
Lung Yin
- Spleen Yang Damage
- Lung and Spleen Qi Xu
- Spleen and Kidney Yang Xu
- Kidney Yin Yang Xu
- Lung and Kidney Yin Xu
What are the syndrome differentiation patterns for acute asthma?
- Cold type
- Heat type
- Phlegm and Heat Obstructing Lungs
- Heat Toxins Obstructing Lungs
General treatment principle for asthma?
- Regulate Lungs
- Stop wheezing
- Regulate wheezing
Symptoms for cold asthma, acute attack?
- Aversion to cold
- Body aches
- Chills and fever with chills predominant
- Cough, wheezing
- Clear, thin, frothy phlegm
- Clear nasal discharge
- Cold body and limbs
- Difficulty breathing while lying down
- Floating edema
- Lacrimation
- No sweat
- No thirst
- Tongue light red or pink with white slippery coat
- Pulse superficial and tight
- Finger vessels red
Treatment principles for cold asthma?
- Dissipate cold
- Relieve wheezing
- Transform phlegm
- Warm the Lung
What are the formulas for Cold Asthma?
Xiao Qing Long Tang plus San Zi Yang Qin Tang
Xiao Qing Long Tang ingredients
- Ma Huang (Ephedra)
- Gui Zhi (Cinnamon)
- Gan Jiang (Ginger)
- Xi Xin (Chinese wild ginger)
- Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra fruit)
- Bai Shao (White peony root)
- Ban Xia (Pinellia)
- Gan Cao
Xiao Qing Long Tang formula actions
- Release the exterior
- Transform congested fluid (thin mucus)
- Transform phlegm
- Warm the Lung
- Descend Qi
- Relieve wheezing and cough
Other than acute cold stage asthma, what else can you use Xiao Qing Long Tang for?
- Wind Cold Attacks the Lung (severe)
- Exogenous Wind Cold
- Invasion with Water Retention due to Spleen Xu
San Zi Yang Qin Tang (Three Seed Decoction to Nourish One’s Parents) ingredients?
- Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed)
- Zi Su Zi (Perilla seed)
- Lai Fu Zi (Radish seed)
What symptoms is San Zi Yang Qin Tang used for?
- Anorexia
- Chest distention
- Copious sputum
- Cough
- Hiccup
- Indigestion
- SOB
- Greasy white tongue coat
5 Extra Herbs for Cold Asthma
- Fang Feng (Sapashnikova) Expel W-C
- Fu Ling (Poria) Drain dampness
- Hou Po (Magnolia) Descend rebellious Qi, Reduce phlegm, Calm wheezing
- Qiang Huo (Notopterygii) Release ext, Dispel W-C-D
- Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla) Dispel W-D
Describe the symptoms of heat asthma.
- Chest distress and distention
- Constipation
- Cough and wheeze
- Dry mouth
- Fever
- Gurgling phlegm in throat
- Pulse slippery rapid
- Purple finger vessels
- Red throat
- Tongue red with yellow coating
- Yellow sticky phlegm
- Yellow urine
Treatment principles for Heat Asthma?
- Clear lung heat
- Resolve phlegm
- Relieve cough
- Regulate wheezing
Formulas for Heat Asthma?
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang plus Su Ting Wan
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang ingredients
- Ma Huang (Ephedra)
- Xing Ren (Apricot kernel)
- Shi Gao (Gypsum)
- Gan Cao