» conventional diagnoses: common cold; acute or chronic bronchitis; bronchial asthma.
» etiology: weakness of Qi, esp. Wei (Protective) Qi, with probable exposure to wind and/or cold
signs and symptoms
signs and syptoms:
aversion to cold
chills
slight fever
headache
body ache
lack of perspiration
cough and stuffy or runny nose with thin watery mucous
sneezing
asthma
» pulse: floating, esp. in right distal position; tight
» tongue: thin white coating
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: expel Wind; release the Exterior; scatter Cold; tonify the Lung; stimulate Lung descending and dispersing function
differential diagnosis
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