Biliary ascariasis according to Chinese Medicine

In Chinese Medicine, biliary ascariasis is sometimes associated with Phlegm Heat in the Lungs, a so-called "patterns of disharmony". Chinese Medicine sees the body as a system, not a sum of isolated parts. A "pattern" is when the system's harmony is disrupted. It is not equivalent to the Western concept of "disease" because both concepts arise from totally different ways of seeing the human body.

To understand whether someone's biliary ascariasis might be caused by the pattern Phlegm Heat in the Lungs, one needs to look for signs and symptoms associated with the pattern beyond what one might typically experience from biliary ascariasis alone. Indeed if biliary ascariasis is caused by Phlegm Heat in the Lungs, patients also experience symptoms such as constipation, bitter taste in the mouth, coughing of copious thick yellow sputum and chest pain. Similarly, patients with Phlegm Heat in the Lungs typically exhibit rapid (Shu) or slippery (Hua) pulses as well as a tongue with sticky coating, yellow coating.

We've listed below a more detailed description of Phlegm Heat in the Lungs so that you can have a better understanding of where biliary ascariasis might find its root according to Chinese Medicine.

Once identified, patterns are often treated using herbal formulas. Drinking herbal infusions is the most common remedy in Chinese Medicine, together with acupuncture. Here we detail below three formulas that can help treat Phlegm Heat in the Lungs.

Phlegm Heat in the Lungs, a "pattern of disharmony" associated with biliary ascariasis

The three herbal formulas that might help with biliary ascariasis