Chest and Abdomen> Cough

Question 1

Acute cough

Answer 1

External invasion of wind

Question 2

Acute, barking cough with expectoration of yellow mucus

Answer 2

Phlegm-heat in the Lungs

Question 3

Acute, dry cough with difficult expectoration of scanty sputum after repeated bouts of dry
coughing, tickling sensation in throat

Answer 3

Residual Dryness and Phlegm in the Lungs

Question 4

Chronic cough with easy expectoration of profuse, white sputum, feeling of oppression of the
chest, swollen tongue with sticky coating, slippery pulse

Answer 4

Damp-Phlegm in the Lungs

Question 5

Loud chronic cough with expectoration of profuse yellow or greenish sputum, feeling of
oppression of the chest

Answer 5

Phlegm-heat in the Lungs

Question 6

Chronic dry cough with occasional, difficult expectoration of scanty sputum, dry mouth

Answer 6

DryPhlegm in the Lungs

Question 7

Chronic, slight cough with weak sound, weak voice

Answer 7

Lung Qi deficiency

Question 8

Chronic, dry cough, dry throat in the evening, night sweating

Answer 8

Lung Yin deficiency