Lung Yang Deficiency
Lung Yang Deficiency
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Diagnostic Signs
Swollen pale tongue with slippery white coating
Slow (Chi), Slowed-down (Huan), Wiry (Xian)
Key Characteristic Symptoms
Other Associated Symptoms
Diagnostic Considerations
Key characteristic symptoms of this pattern are the coughing and wheezing with profuse clear thin sputum.
Causes & Pathology
Common Causes
Prolonged exposure to cold and windy environment can consume body Qi and Yang. The pattern get more obvious during winter season and in cold highland areas.
Lungs' function regresses when people gets old. This pattern is more seen among the elderly.
Pathological Mechanism
The general symptom of Lung Yang Deficiency is coughing and wheezing with profuse sputum, but the sputum is thin and watery. There is also Cold characters such as cold limbs and back, feeling of cold and easy to get cold or flu. It is because the lacking of Yang fails to warm the body.
If this pattern is seen in consumptive lung disease, there are additional manifestations such as short of breath, no thirst, frequent urination an etc. It is because the Deficient Qi and Yang fails to generate Body Fluids to moisten the Lungs. Use Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang together with Si Jun Zi Tang.
If this pattern is seem in asthma, There are additional symptoms like wheezing, short of breath, weak voice, spontaneous sweating. The Cold invade the Lungs and settles down there. Often there is also Phlegm accompanying. In this case, use Sheng Mai San together with Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang and Milkvetch roots.
Lung Yang Deficiency is more seen among the elderly or these with weak constitution. It gets worse during winter season or in cold environment.
Treatment Approach
Treatment Principle
Warm the Lungs, strengthen the Spleen, remove Phlegm, tonify Lung Qi and Yang
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