Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息，咳痰白、清稀；发热、恶寒、无汗，或肢体酸痛；鼻塞、流清涕。舌苔白，脉浮或浮紧
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough or shortness of breath, with some wheezing sound during breathing.
- Sputum is white, relatively thin and clear.
- Fever, accompanied by chills and shivering.
- Little sweating.
- General body aches and soreness.
- Nasal congestion, runny nose with clear watery discharge.
- White tongue coating.
- Pulse feels superficial, or has a tight sensation (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
宣肺散寒，止咳平喘
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Disperse lung qi and dispel coldness from the body to relieve nasal congestion, chills, cough, chest tightness, and other discomfort caused by cold exposure.
- Suppress cough, relieve wheezing and shortness of breath, and promote smoother, more stable breathing.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息；恶寒、无汗，或鼻塞、流清涕，或肢体酸痛，痰白稀薄或兼泡沫，痰易咳出；喉中痰鸣；胸闷甚至气逆不能平卧。舌苔白滑，脉弦紧或浮弦紧
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough or shortness of breath, with a “phlegm rattling” sound in the throat.
- Chills, with little sweating.
- Nasal congestion, runny nose with clear watery discharge.
- General body aches and soreness.
- Sputum is white, thin and often frothy, relatively easy to expectorate.
- Chest tightness; in severe cases, qi rushes upward and lying flat worsens the discomfort.
- White and slippery tongue coating.
- Pulse feels tense, or superficial and tight (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏风散寒，温肺化饮
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Release external wind-cold from the body surface to relieve chills, headache, body aches, nasal congestion, and runny nose caused by cold exposure.
- Warm the lung, resolve thin phlegm-fluid retention in the body to reduce phlegm, facilitate expectoration, and relieve cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and phlegm rales.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息气急；痰多色黄或白黏，咯痰不爽；发热或口渴喜冷饮；大便干结。舌质红、舌苔黄或黄腻，脉数或滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough, rapid breathing, easily become short of breath.
- Copious sputum, yellow or white, thick and sticky, difficult to expectorate completely.
- May have fever, thirst, and desire for cold drinks.
- Dry stool, constipation.
- Tongue is somewhat red.
- Yellow or thick and sticky tongue coating.
- Pulse is rapid or feels slippery (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清肺化痰，降逆平喘
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Clear phlegm and heat (inflammation) from the lungs, thin the phlegm for easier expectoration, and relieve cough and throat stickiness.
- Direct qi downward to relieve the gasping and breathlessness caused by qi rushing upward, alleviating shortness of breath and rapid breathing, and promoting smoother respiration.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息、气短；痰多、白黏或呈泡沫状；胃脘痞满；口黏腻，纳呆或食少。舌苔白腻，脉滑或弦滑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough or shortness of breath, with shallow breathing.
- Copious white, thick and sticky or frothy sputum.
- Upper abdominal distension and oppression (feeling of fullness and blockage in the epigastrium).
- Sticky sensation in the mouth, feeling unclean.
- Poor appetite, eats little.
- White, thick and sticky tongue coating.
- Pulse feels slippery or tight (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
燥湿化痰，宣降肺气
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Resolve excess dampness in the body, transform sticky phlegm to thin it out and facilitate expectoration, relieving chest tightness, sticky mouth sensation, and other discomfort.
- Unblock the lung and direct qi downward to relieve cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing, and promote smoother breathing.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
神志异常(烦躁、恍惚、嗜睡、谵妄、昏迷)；肢体癒疯甚则抽搐；喘息气促；喉中痰鸣。舌质淡或红，舌苔白腻或黄腻，脉滑或数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Irritability, mental clouding, or drowsiness; in severe cases, delirium or even coma.
- Tremors or cramps in the limbs; convulsions in severe cases.
- Rapid breathing, easily become short of breath.
- Wheezing sound in the throat as if blocked by phlegm.
- Tongue is pale or slightly red; tongue coating is white and sticky thick, or yellow and sticky thick.
- Pulse feels slippery or rapid (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
豁痰开窍
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Resolve and clear stubborn sticky phlegm to reduce throat and airway blockage and phlegm rattling.
- Open the channels “misted” by phlegm to promote clearer breathing and a clearer mind, relieving clouded consciousness and sluggish responsiveness.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息、气短，动则加重；神疲、乏力或自汗；恶风，易感冒。舌质淡、苔白，脉沉细或细弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough or shortness of breath, shallow breathing, worse after activity.
- Low energy, easily fatigued, sweats with slight exertion.
- Aversion to wind, prone to catching colds.
- Pale tongue with white coating.
- Pulse is deep and thin, or thin and weak (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补肺益气固卫
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Strengthen lung function, supplement physical strength and resistance, and relieve shortness of breath, fatigue, and susceptibility to cough.
- Consolidate the body’s “defensive exterior” to reduce sweating, aversion to wind, frequent colds, and lower the risk of recurrent episodes.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
咳嗽或喘息、气短，动则加重；神疲、乏力或自汗，动则加重；恶风，易感冒；纳呆或食少。舌体胖大或有齿痕，舌苔薄白或腻，脉沉细或沉缓或细弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Cough or shortness of breath, shallow breathing, worse after activity.
- Low energy, easily fatigued, sweats noticeably with slight exertion.
- Aversion to wind, prone to catching colds.
- Poor appetite, eats little.
- Tongue appears slightly enlarged with teeth marks on the edges.
- Thin white coating, or white and somewhat sticky thick.
- Pulse is deep and thin, or slow, or thin and weak (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补肺健脾，降气化痰
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Strengthen lung function and regulate the spleen and stomach to improve energy and appetite, reduce phlegm-dampness production, and relieve fatigue, poor appetite, and abdominal distension.
- Direct qi downward and resolve sticky phlegm to reduce cough, difficulty expectorating, chest tightness, and shortness of breath, promoting smoother breathing.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
喘息，气短，动则加重；乏力，或自汗，动则加重；易感冒，恶风；腰膝酸软，小便频数、夜尿多，或咳而遗溺。舌质淡，舌苔白，脉沉细或细弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Short of breath, shallow breathing, worse after activity.
- Easily fatigued, excessive sweating, worse after activity.
- Prone to colds, aversion to wind.
- Soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees.
- Frequent urination, nocturia; may leak urine when coughing.
- Pale tongue with white coating.
- Pulse is deep and thin, or thin and weak (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补肾益肺，纳气定喘
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Strengthen kidney and lung function, improve strength and endurance, and alleviate shortness of breath, fatigue, and cold intolerance.
- Help “anchor” the inhaled qi to stabilize breathing, reducing wheezing and the sensation of air not reaching deep enough.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
喘息、气短，动则加重；自汗或乏力，动则加重；易感冒；腰膝酸软；耳鸣，头昏或头晕；干咳或少痰、咯痰不爽；盗汗，手足心热。舌质淡或红，舌苔薄少或花剥，脉沉细或细弱或细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Short of breath, shallow breathing, worse after activity.
- Easily sweats or fatigued, worse after activity.
- Prone to colds.
- Soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees.
- Tinnitus, dizziness or lightheadedness.
- Dry cough with little phlegm, or a feeling of incomplete expectoration.
- Night sweats, heat sensation in the palms and soles.
- Tongue is pale or slightly red.
- Tongue coating is very thin, scanty, or has patchy shedding.
- Pulse is deep and thin, or thin and weak, or thin and rapid (as noted during practitioner examination).
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补肺滋肾，纳气定喘
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Boost lung function and nourish kidney qi, enhance physical strength and immunity, and alleviate chronic cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, and cold intolerance.
- Help anchor inhaled qi to stabilize breathing and reduce wheezing and the sensation of breathlessness.
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