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Also warming the lung and expelling rheum; warming the lung and transforming phlegm; warming and transforming cold phlegm; warming and transforming cold rheum. A method of treatment used to address cold rheum lying latent in the lung characterized by cough, counterflow panting with fullness that prevents the patient from lying down, copious foamy white phlegm, and swelling of the face and instep, occurring in episodes brought on by exposure to cold.

Medicinal therapy: A representative lung-warming rheum-transforming formula is Minor Black Dragon Decoction (小青龙汤 xiǎo qīng lóng tāng). Others include Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger, and Asarum Decoction (苓甘五味姜辛汤 líng gān wǔ wèi jiāng xīn tāng), Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction (射干麻黄汤 shè gān má huáng tāng) and Phlegm-Rheum Pill (痰饮丸 tán yǐn wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, ST, and LI. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), LU-9 (Great Abyss, 太渊 tài yuān), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with even supplementation and drainage and large amounts of moxa.

See cold rheum lying latent in the lung; phlegm-rheum.

寒饮伏肺提

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