Dispelling phlegm

Also transforming phlegm. Any method of treatment used to eliminate phlegm. The termtransforming phlegm is the most common. The terms dispersing phlegm, flushing phlegm, expelling phlegm, sweeping phlegm, and attacking phlegm describe more forceful actions. The term transforming phlegm, like dispelling phlegm, is generic, but is also used in the specific sense of the dispelling phlegm in the upper burner. See transforming phlegm. The main forms of dispelling phlegm are listed below.