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Chinese patterns
Lung Invaded by Wind-Water
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: common cold; acute bronchitis.

» etiology: exposure to exterior Wind-Cold and Dampness. (Maciocia, p. 237)

signs and symptoms

signs and syptoms:

sudden swelling of face and eyes

• gradually spreading to whole body

• bright-shiny complexion

• pale and scanty urination

aversion to wind

• fever

• cough

• breathlessness (Maciocia, p. 237)

» pulse: floating, slippery

» tongue: white coating

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: release Exterior; scatter Cold; resolve Dampness; restore the Lung's descending function; open Water Pathways

differential diagnosis

footnotes