ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Internal Medicine Board Review

Cough

Pattern: Phlegm dampness cough

Key symptoms: Cough marked on rising in the morning with abundant dilute white phlegm, oppression in the chest, epigastric fullness, nausea, fatigue, poor appetite. White slimy coating, soggy or slippery pulse.

Formula: Er Chen Tang [Two-Cured Decoction], and San Zi Yang Qin Tang [Three-Seed Decoction to Nourish One’s Parents]

Treatment method: Strengthen the Spleen, dry dampness, transform phlegm, relieve cough

Acupuncture: UB13 fei shu, UB20 pi shu, Lung-9 tai yuan, SP3 tai bai, ST40 feng long, Large Intestine-4 he gu

Formula Ingredients: Er chen tang: Ban xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Chen pi (Pericarpium Citri reticulatae), Fu ling (Poria), Gan cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

San zi Yang qin tang: Lai fu zi, zi su zi, Bai jie zi (Semen Sinapsis)

Modifications: To increase the effects of drying dampness and transforming phlegm, add Cang zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis), Hou po (Cortex Magnoliae officinalis).

For cold phlegm, add Gan jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis), Xi xin (Radix et Rhizoma Asari)For Spleen deficiency, add dang shen (Radix Codonopsis pilosulae), Bai zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae)