» conventional diagnoses: chronic fatigue syndrome; AIDS/HIV; insomnia; bronchitis; asthma; lumbago
» etiology: same as for Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency), but usually with additional emotional stress to Lung caused by chronic worrying and/or grief; may also develop from chronic Lung Yin Xu (Deficiency)
signs and symptoms
signs and symptoms:
night sweats
fever or sensation of heat in afternoon and evening
tinnitus
dry mouth
dry cough (worse in evening)
dyspnea on exertion
nocturnal emissions
sensation of heat in palms and soles
weak limbs
low back soreness
» pulse: rapid, floating, empty
» tongue: red and peeled with two transversal cracks surface in Lung area. (Maciocia, p. 261)
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: nourish Lung and Kidney Yin; increase body fluids
differential diagnosis
footnotes