Treating dryness

Question 1

Aversion to cold, mild headache
Absence of perspiration
Coughing with scanty thin sputum, dry throat, stuffy nose
T: white coating
P: wiry

Answer 1

Xing Su San 杏苏散 p.158/p.2040

Externally contracted cool-dryness. Failure of Lung qi to diffuse fluids, internal obstruction of phlegm dampness

Question 2

Mild fever
Thirst, dry throat and nasal cavities
Dry cough without sputum, or w/ scanty and sticky sputum
T: red w/ thin white and dry coating
P: floating and rapid, large pulse on the right side

Answer 2

Sang Xing Tang 桑杏汤 p.159/p.2049

Mild externally contracted warm dryness injuring the lung fluids

Question 3

Coughing, labored breathing, throat discomfort
Sputum that is difficult to expectorate
Coughing up or spitting saliva, dry mouth and throat
Feverish feeling in the palms and soles
Vomiting, poor appetite, hiccup, thirst
T: red with scanty tongue coating
P: deficient and rapid

Answer 3

Mai Men Dong Tang 麦门冬汤 p.165/p.2078

Lung atrophy (wei syndrome) due to lung and stomach yin deficiency heat