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Chinese patterns
Kidney Failing to Grasp Qi
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: asthma

» etiology: inherited weakness of Lung and Kidney, e.g. tubercular miasm; chronic disease affecting Kidney, esp. if originating in Lung; excessive physical exertion, esp. excessive lifting and standing, particularly during adolescence.

signs and symptoms

signs and symptoms:

• emaciation

• ennui

sweating

• swelling of the face

shortness of breath on exertion

difficult inhalation

• weak and rapid breathing

• cough

• asthma (esp. worse on inspiration)

clear urination during asthma attack

• back pain

• cold limbs after sweating

» pulse: deep, tight, fine.

» tongue: pale.

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: tonify and warm Kidney; strengthen Kidney function of grasping the Qi; stimulate Lung's descending function

differential diagnosis

footnotes