Panting attributed to intense lung heat. Heat panting arises when heat scorches the lung and prevents the normal downward movement of water, causing phlegm-fire to congest and obstruct the airways. It is associated with copious thick phlegm, heat vexation, and fullness in the chest.
Medicinal therapy: Clear the lung, drain heat, and flush phlegm. Use formulas such as Fire-Draining Lung-Clearing Decoction (泻火清肺汤xiè huǒ qīng fèi tāng). Contraction of cold when there is heat in the lung and accumulated phlegm in the center can also give rise to a panting pattern sometimes referred to as cold-enveloping-heat panting, which is treated by diffusing depressed heat with formulas such as Ephedra Panting-Stabilizing Decoction (麻黄定喘丸má huáng dìng chuǎn tāng).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU, LI, ST, and SP. Select Panting Stabilizer (定喘dìng chuǎn), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), and SP-2 (Great Metropolis, 大都 dà dū), needling with drainage. Prick LU-11 (Lesser Shang, 少商 shào shāng) to bleed. For coughing of blood, add LU-6 (Collection Hole, 孔最 kǒng zuì), and LU-10 (Fish Border, 鱼际 yú jì), needling with drainage. For panting from cold enveloping heat, add BL-12 (Wind Gate, 风门 fēng mén) and BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù).