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Fullness in the chest
胸满 〔胸滿〕xiōng mǎn
From In exterior repletion without sweating, oppression in the chest and panting is wind-cold oppression in the chest. In interior repletion with rough urination, oppression in the chest with heat vexation is heat congestion oppression in the chest. In [conditions of] swelling of the eyes and face, oppression in the chest and panting that prevents the patient from lying down, is oppression in the chest due to collecting rheum. In [conditions of] inhibited breathing, oppression in the chest relieved by sighing is qì stagnation oppression in the chest.... In the absence of heat effusion, aversion to cold or other disease, if there is only oppression in the chest and wilted lips, green-blue tongue, dry mouth with desire only to wash the mouth with water but not to swallow, this is blood stasis oppression in the chest.
These different forms are treated by resolving the exterior, draining heat, transforming rheum, moving qì, and quickening the blood.