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| Pattern Names |
| Lung Yin Deficiency • 肺阴虚 • Fèi Yīn Xū |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Lung |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: red tongue, dry body, little coat, peeled coat |
Pulse: thready/ fine/ thin, rapid |
| Indications: Unproductive cough, sticky and maybe bloody sputum, dry mouth, dry throat, afternoon low grade fever, malar flush, night sweats, 5-sole heat, hoarse voice, insomnia, appears emaciated, mild thirst, itchy throat[Maciocia] • Dry cough without phlegm, or
with little sticky phlegm, or blood stained phlegm,
difficult to expectorate, a dry mouth, red cheeks,
hoarse voice, tidal fever, night sweating, feverish
sensation in five center area. A red tongue with little
coating, a thready and rapid pulse [Qiao]
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| Biomed Associations: chronic bronchitis, diphtheria, laryngitis, chronic pharyngitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis |
| Keywords |
| Dry cough, 4 smalls, Yin deficiency heat signs • No productive cough, or cough with little sticky sputum, or with blood stained sputum, plus yin deficiency signs and symptoms. [Qiao] |
| Treatment |
| nourish lung yin, moisten lung, clear deficiency heat |
| Acupuncture |
| BL17(hui-Blood, diaphragm shu), SP6(3 yin), BL-13(back-shu), ST 36(Qi and Blood Xu), REN-06 (sea of Qi), REN-12 (hui-Fu), LU-01(front mu), LU-05 (clear LU heat), LU-06(xi cleft), LU-09 (yuan), LU-10 (clear heat), KD-06 (Yin Xu), BL-43(any xu), DU-12 (clear LU heat), KD-03(shu-stream), KD-06(Yin Qiao), KD-07(night sweats) |
| Herb |
| Bai He Gu Jin Tang, Bai He Gu Fei Tang, Li Fei Wan, Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan, Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang • KEY HERBS: Sha Shen, Mai Dong, Bai He, Sheng Di Huang |
| Etiology |
| Prolonged cough • Chronic lung disease • Chronic KD Yin Xu impacting LU Yin • Stomach Yin Xu • External heat and dryness attacks on the lung |
| Notes |
| KD Yin Xu can cause LU Yin Xu • It's different from LU Qi Xu in that it has the Yin Xu heat signs • It's different from other organ Yin Xu: dry hacking cough, hoarse voice, blood tinged sputum |
