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Salt wheezing
盐哮 〔鹽哮〕 yán xiāo
Wheezing exacerbated by excessive consumption of salty or sour foods in enduring vacuity. Saltiness and sourness seep into the bronchioles allowing phlegm to enter and gather, causing phlegm-damp to gather in the bronchioles. In such conditions, exposure to wind-cold causes qì to become depressed and phlegm to congest. Salt wheezing is essentially a vacuity patternand may present as heat or cold.
Medicinal therapy: Salt wheezing requires medicinals to disinhibit the lung, regulate qì, and sweep phlegm in addition to a basic formula for heat or cold wheezing. Malt sugar (Maltosum, 饴糖 yí táng) or granulated sugar (Saccharon Granulatum, 沙糖 shā táng) can be added to the formula. If necessary, decoct ginseng top (Ginseng Rhizoma, 人参芦 rén shēn lú) and apply mechanical ejection.
See wheezing.
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