» conventional diagnoses: bronchitis; bronchial asthma; pneumonia.
» etiology: excess dietary consumption of greasy foods and/or Hot foods leads to the formation of Phlegm and Heat; smoking increases Heat in the Lung and provokes formation of Phlegm; this pattern can originate with or be aggravated by Invasion of Exterior Wind-Heat.
signs and symptoms
signs and syptoms:
barking cough
profuse and foul-smelling yellow or green or dark phlegm
shortness of breath
asthma
stuffiness of chest
» pulse: rapid, slippery, full.
» tongue: red body; thick sticky yellow coating.
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: resolve Phlegm; clear Heat; stimulate the Lung's descending function
differential diagnosis
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