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Chinese patterns
Lung Qi Xu (Deficiency)
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: emphysema; chronic bronchitis; pulmonary tuberculosis; allergies

» etiology: hereditary weakness, esp. tuberculosis; constricted breathing from prolonged stooping, esp. at a desk; unresolved Exterior Wind-Heat or Wind-Cold, esp. due to suppressive use of antibiotics (Maciocia, p. 233)

signs and symptoms

signs and syptoms:

weak voice

• lack of desire to talk

• weak respiration

exhausted Shen and appearance

• bright white complexion

• weak cough

shortness of breath

• spontaneous sweating

• weakness and lassitude

• daytime sweating

• high susceptibility to colds and nasal congestion

» pulse: weak; empty, esp. in left distal position

» tongue: pale or normal color with thin white coating

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: tonify Lung Qi; warm Yang

differential diagnosis

footnotes