COUGH Flashcards
4 Etiologies of Cough
External Pathogenic Factors
Emotional Stress
Diet
Chronic Illness
What is a Pathogenic Factor
Something that Disturbs Qi, Blood, Fluid, Essence
Is Deficiency a Pathogenic Factor
No - you Tonify, You don’t remove
Cough, slight breathlessness, sneezing, runny nose with white discharge, aversion to cold, no fever, no sweating, HA, stiff neck, body aches
T: Thin White Coat
P: Floating Tight Pulse
Exterior Invasion of WIND COLD
TP; Release the Exterior, expel Wind, Scatter Cold, Restore the Dispersing & Descending function of Lung qi & Stop Cough
Formula fo Cough d/t Wind Cold
Ma Huang Tang
Points for Cough d/t Wind Cold
LU 7, UB 12, 13 (release exterior)
LI 4 & KI 7 = sweating
LU 6 = Xi Cleft, helps with Cough
Dry Cough with a Tickling sensation in throat, aversion to Cold, shivering, Fever, Slight Sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, HA, body aches, sore, throat, swollen tonsils, cough
T: Slightly red on the side and/or front
P: Floating, Rapid puls
Invasion of WIND HEAT
Formula for Cough d/t Wind Heat
Sang Ju Yin
(Morus-Chrysanthemum D)
Yin Qiao San
(Lonicera-Forsythia Powder)
Points for Cough d/t Wind Heat
LU 7, UB 12, 13, LI 4, LI 11
LU 11 = Sore Throat, Tonsils
DU 14, LU 6=Xi Cleft, Cough
Dry & Ticklish Cough, Dry Itchy Sore Throat, Sore sensation in upper chest, dry lips, mouth, stuffed nose, HA
T: Red sides and/or front
P: Floating
Wind Dryness
Formula for Cough d/t Wind Dryness
Sang Xing Tang
(Morus Prunus D) = Dry Heat
Xing Su San
(Prunus-Perilla Powder) = Dry Cold
Points for Cough d/t Wind Dryness
LU 7, 9 (fluid), RN 12 (fluid), KI 6 (fluid), SP 6
Barking Cough (d/t heat/phlegm heat), Chest Pain, Fever, Breathlessness, Thirst, coughing yellow sputum, flaring of alae nasi (LU Heat)
T: Red with Yellow Coat
P: Surging Rapid
Interior LUNG HEAT
Formula for Cough d/t Interior Lung Heat
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
(Sphedra-Prunus-Gypsum-Glycyrrhize D
Shi Gao & Gypsum strongly clear heat
Points for Cough d/t Interior Lung Heat
LU 5 (cl. LU heat), LU 1, DU 14, LU 6 (cough) LI 11