Taxation cough

Also vacuity taxation cough; taxation damage cough.

1. Cough occurring in severe vacuity patterns due to taxation fatigue, sexual and drinking intemperance. Taxation cough frequently manifests as lung-kidney yīn vacuity flaming fire or lung-spleen vacuity cold. See also spleen cough.

Patterns

Lung-kidney yīn vacuity flaming fire (肺肾阴虚火炎 fèi shèn yīn xū huǒ yán) taxation cough is characterized by signs of the lung being deprived of nourishment and of lung qì ascending counterflow, such as dry cough with scant phlegm, a hoarse cough, dry mouth and dry throat. This is accompanied by signs of yīn vacuity with effulgent fire such as postmeridian tidal heat, night sweating, and vexing heat in the five hearts. In this condition, heat easily stirs yīn-blood and damages the network vessels of the lung so that the phlegm is flecked with blood.

Medicinal therapy: Treat with Fine Jade Paste (琼玉膏 qióng yù gāo) or Six Gentlemen Metal and Water Brew (金水六君煎 jīn shuǐ liù jūn jiān).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU and KI. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-43 (Gāo-Huāng Transport, 膏肓俞 gāo huāng shù), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), and KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi); needle with supplementation. For phlegm flecked with blood, drain, LU-6 (Collection Hole, 孔最 kǒng zuì), and LU-10 (Fish Border, 鱼际 yú jì).

Lung-spleen vacuity cold (肺脾虚寒 fèi pí xū hán) taxation cough is characterized by enduring cough with copious phlegm that is easily expectorated, shortness of breath, sloppy stool, and aversion to cold.

Medicinal therapy: Treat with Supplemented Center-Rectifying Decoction (加味理中汤 jiā wèi lǐ zhōng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on back transport points, LU, SP, and ST. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), LU-9 (Great Abyss, 太渊 tài yuān), SP-3 (Supreme White, 太白 tài bái), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with supplementation and add moxa.

See spleen cough.

2. The term taxation cough also includes, and sometimes specifically denotes, cough due to consumption, which is attributed to worms gnawing the lungs. See consumption and lung taxation.

Medicinal therapy: Use formulas such as Stemona Paste (百部膏 bǎi bù gāo).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU and back transport points. Select LU-9 (Great Abyss, 太渊 tài yuān), BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-43 (Gāo-Huāng Transport, 膏肓俞 gāo huāng shù), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī); needle with supplementation.

See fire depression cough.