Rushing respiration

Hasty rapid breathing with qì rushing counterflow upward; the lung accumulation among the five accumulations. Rushing respiration is marked by upward rush of qì, a lump under the left rib-side like an upturned cup, heat effusion and aversion to cold, oppression in the chest, counterflow retching, and coughing up of blood and pus. In enduring cases, it can develop into a pulmonary welling-abscess (yōng).

Medicinal therapy: Clear and downbear lung qì; flush phlegm and discharge heat. Use Rushing Respiration Decoction (息贲汤 xī bēn tāng).

Etymology

Chin 息 xī, breath, respiration; 贲 bēn, rush, hasty, distressed.