Asthma Xiao Chuan

Question 1

Rapid labored breathing, oppression in the chest, cough with thin white or foamy phlegm. In early stage aversion to cold. Thin white coating, tight floating pulse?

Answer 1

Invasion of Lung by Wind cold
Ma Huang Tang (ephedra Decoction)
LU7, LU5, UB12, UB13

Question 2

Loud husky voice, wheezing and coughing with expectoration of thick yellow Phlegm, fever, perspiration, thirst with preference for cool drinks, constipation and dark urine, yellow slimy coating and rapid slippery pulse?

Answer 2

Accumulation of Phlegm Heat in the Lungs
Sang Bai Pi Tang
(Mulberry toot bark Decoction)
LU5, UB13, ST40, LI4, REN22, Ding Chuan

Question 3

Shortness of breath, feeble voice, weak forceless coughing and wheezing, spontaneous sweating, sensitivity to draught, thin runny Phlegm?

Answer 3

Vacuity of Lung
Sheng Mai Yin
(Pulse-Engendering Beverage)
UB13, ding Chuan, UB43, LU9

Question 4

Lung Qi deficiency (vacuity)

Answer 4

Bu Fei Tang

UB13, ding Chuan, UB43, LU9

Question 5

Persistent wheezing aggravated by physical exertion, shallow inspiration, shortness of breath, difficulty maintaining regular rhythm in respiration, fatigue, cold extremities.
Tongue: Pale tongue
Pulse: deep weak thready pulse

Answer 5

Vacuity of the Kidney
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
(Golden Coffer Kidney Qi Pill)
UB23, KD3, UB13, REN17, REN6, Ding Chuan