Community-Acquired Pneumonia

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热，干咳或痰少，痰白黏或黄、难咯，鼻窍干热，咽干痛。舌尖红，苔薄白干或薄黄，脉浮或浮数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever
  • Dry cough or scant phlegm
  • White sticky or yellow phlegm that is difficult to cough up
  • Dry, hot sensation in the nasal passages
  • Dry and sore throat
  • The tip of the tongue is slightly red
  • Thin, dry, and slightly white tongue coating, or a thin yellow coating
  • The pulse feels superficial or rapid (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏风清热，清肺化痰

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Release external Wind-Heat from the body surface, clear heat and reduce fire, may help relieve discomfort such as fever, headache, sore throat, and nasal congestion.
  • Clear lung heat and phlegm-dampness, thin phlegm to make it easier to expel, may help relieve cough, chest oppression, and shortness of breath, and support easier breathing.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热，恶寒，无汗或肢体酸痛，咳嗽，痰白黏或黄，口干渴。舌红，苔黄或黄腻，脉数或浮数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever
  • Chills and shivering
  • No sweating, or generalized body aches
  • Cough
  • White and sticky phlegm, or yellow phlegm
  • Dry mouth and thirst
  • The tongue is slightly red
  • Yellow or sticky and thick tongue coating
  • The pulse is rapid, or superficial and rapid (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏风散寒，清肺化痰

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Disperse external Wind-Cold from the body surface, may help relieve discomfort such as aversion to cold, headache, body aches, and nasal congestion caused by cold exposure.
  • Clear phlegm-dampness from the lungs, thin phlegm to make it easier to expel, may help relieve cough, chest oppression, and shortness of breath, and support easier breathing.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热，咳嗽，痰黄或黏，胸痛，口渴，小便黄，大便干结。舌红，苔黄或黄腻，脉数或滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Yellow or sticky and thick phlegm that is difficult to expel completely
  • Chest pain
  • Thirst, desire to drink more water
  • Urine is slightly yellow
  • Dry stool and constipation
  • The tongue is slightly red
  • Yellow or thick and sticky tongue coating
  • The pulse is rapid or feels slippery (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热解毒，宣肺化痰

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Reduce fever and inflammation, clear toxic heat (equivalent to inflammation) in the body, may help relieve discomfort such as fever, red and sore throat, thirst, and irritability.
  • Promote the flow of lung qi and resolve sticky phlegm, thin phlegm to make it easier to expel, may help relieve cough, chest oppression, and shortness of breath, and support easier breathing.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

咳嗽，气短，痰多，白黏或呈泡沫，脘痞，纳呆。舌淡，苔白腻，脉滑或弦滑

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Cough
  • Slightly short of breath
  • Profuse phlegm, white, sticky, or frothy
  • Epigastric bloating and fullness (a sensation of blockage in the stomach)
  • Poor appetite, inability to eat
  • The tongue is slightly pale
  • White and sticky-thick tongue coating
  • The pulse feels slippery or tight (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

燥湿化痰，宣降肺气

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Remove excess dampness from the body, resolve sticky phlegm, thin phlegm to make it easier to expel, may help relieve chest oppression and a sticky sensation in the mouth.
  • Promote lung qi flow and direct qi downward, may help relieve cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing, and support easier breathing.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

咳嗽，气短，乏力，易汗出，纳呆，食少。舌淡，苔薄白，脉沉细或细弱

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Cough
  • Slightly short of breath
  • Easily fatigued, lack of strength
  • Sweating easily upon slight exertion
  • Poor appetite, eating little
  • The tongue is slightly pale
  • Thin white tongue coating
  • The pulse feels deep and thin, or thin and weak (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

补肺健脾，益气固表

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Strengthen lung function and regulate the spleen and stomach, may help improve stamina and resistance, enhance appetite and digestion, and relieve symptoms such as profuse phlegm, fatigue, and bloating.
  • Tonify vital qi, stabilize the body’s exterior defenses, may help reduce spontaneous sweating, sensitivity to wind, and susceptibility to colds, and lower the chance of recurrent episodes.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

气短或乏力，动则加重，干咳少痰或咯痰不爽，盗汗或易汗出。舌质淡或红，苔薄少或花剥，脉细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Shortness of breath or lack of strength, more noticeable after exertion
  • Dry cough with little phlegm, or a sensation of incomplete clearing
  • Night sweats, or spontaneous sweating during the day
  • The tongue is slightly pale or slightly red
  • The tongue coating is very thin and scanty, or has patchy peeling
  • The pulse is thin and slightly rapid (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气养阴，润肺化痰

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Supplement physical strength and nourish body fluids, may help relieve fatigue, dry mouth, night sweats, and internal heat sensation.
  • Moisten the lungs and resolve sticky phlegm, thin phlegm to make it easier to expel, may help relieve dry cough with scant phlegm, dry sore throat, chest oppression, and shortness of breath.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

咳嗽，气促，烦躁，甚或神志异常。舌红绛，脉滑数或细

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Cough
  • Rapid breathing, easily becomes out of breath
  • Irritability and restlessness
  • In severe cases, confusion and abnormal responses may occur
  • The tongue is very red or deep red
  • The pulse feels rapid and slightly slippery, or thin (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清心凉营，豁痰开窍

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Clear and descend internal heart fire, cool and moisten the blood, may help reduce high fever, relieve irritability, dry mouth, thirst, and skin redness, while preserving strength and body fluids.
  • Resolve stubborn phlegm and open obstructed channels, may help relieve profuse phlegm with chest oppression, gurgling sound in the throat, and improve symptoms such as mental confusion and sluggish response.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

呼吸短促或息弱，神志异常，面色苍白，大汗淋漓，四肢厥冷。舌质淡或绛，脉微细或急促

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Very rapid breathing, or very weak breathing
  • Confusion and abnormal responses may occur
  • Pale complexion
  • Profuse sweating
  • Cold hands and feet
  • The tongue is slightly pale, or very red and deep red
  • The pulse is very thin and weak, or very rapid (as noted during medical examination)

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气救阴，回阳固脱

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Supplement physical strength and protect body fluids, may help relieve extreme weakness, dry mouth, and night sweats.
  • Swiftly warm and support yang qi, stabilize breathing and heartbeat, help improve dangerous signs such as cold limbs, profuse sweating, and mental confusion, assisting the body through critical phases.

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