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Also phlegm accumulation diarrhea. From The Gateway to Medicine (医学入门 yī xué rù mén). Diarrhea arising when phlegm accumulating in the lung affects the large intestine through exterior-interior relationship between the two organs. Phlegm diarrhea is an intermittent form of diarrhea with the passing of sticky matter like egg-white and associated with dizziness and nausea, oppression in the chest and abdominal fullness, and a slippery stringlike pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Transform phlegm and dispel dampness with a combination of Two Matured Ingredients Decoction (二陈汤 èr chén tāng) and Stomach-Calming Powder (平胃散 píng wèi sǎn). For spleen vacuity engendering phlegm, use Bupleurum and Peony Six Gentlemen Decoction (柴芍六君子汤 chái sháo liù jūn zǐ tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, ST, and SP. Select CV-13 (Upper Stomach Duct, 上脘 shàng wǎn), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with drainage and add moxa. For spleen vacuity engendering phlegm, add BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù) and LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén), needling with supplementation and adding moxa.

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