Asthma Phlegm Heat 

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Pattern Names
Asthma Phlegm Heat • 哮喘 • Xiào Chuǎn
Classification
Category: Bio Med Syndrome: Asthma
Symptoms
Tongue: red, yellow sticky coat Pulse: slippery, rapid
Indications: Wheezing, chest fullness and tightness, sticky yellow mucus, bitter taste, dry mouth, red face, fever, nausea, poor appetite, sore throat, mild sweating, constipation T: red, yellow sticky coat P: rapid, slippery. Phlegm-Heat originates in the middle jiao, so there will be digestive symptoms (compared to Wind Internal Heat, which enters the Lungs from exterior and does not have explicit middle jiao component) [41]
BioMed: Allergies, abnormal weather, emotional changes, seafood, illness, excess exercise (KD def), drugs[. Clinical signs: wheezing, mucus, cough, chest fullness41]
Treatment Principle
Clear Heat, Dispel Lung Qi, Transform Phlegm, Stop Wheezing
Acupunture
Ding Chuan, Ren17, ST40, ST44, UB13
Herbs
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang +/- (Zhi Ma Huang-9, Xing Ren-12, Shi Gao-30, Gan Cao-6, Dong Gua Ren-12, Yi Yi Ren-12) [41]
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