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Lung congestion sleeplessness

肺壅不得卧 〔肺壅不得臥〕fèi yōng bù dé wò

From Pathoconditions, Causes, Pulses, and Treatments (症因脉治 zhèng yīn mài zhì). The tendency to counterflow qì when lying down in patients suffering from panting and cough counterflow ascent with periodic ejection of phlegm-rheum, pain in the right rib-side stretching into the supraclavicular fossa, and in severe cases, panting with raised shoulders. Lung congestion sleeplessness is attributable to metal being tormented by fire, phlegm, dryness or cold.

Medicinal therapy: For heat, use Family Secret White-Draining Powder (家秘泻白散 jiā mì xiè bái sǎn); for phlegm, use Perilla Seed and Apricot Seed Decoction (苏子杏子汤 sū zǐ xìng zǐ tāng) plus pinellia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 半夏 bàn xià) and trichosanthes seed (Trichosanthis Semen, 栝楼子 guā lóu zǐ); for dryness, use Family Secret Lung-Moistening Beverage (家秘润肺饮 jiā mì rùn fèi yǐn); for cold, use Family Secret Lung-Warming Decoction (家秘温肺汤 jiā mì wēn fèi tāng).

See sleeplessness.

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