Also exuberant fire tormenting metal. Liver fire affecting the lung. Wood in the five phases is the liver, and metal is the lung. When liver fire becomes excessively effulgent, it can scorch lung yīn, causing dry cough, chest and rib-side pain, heart vexation, bitter taste in the heart, red eyes, and, in severe cases, expectoration of blood. This is the manifestation of wood fire tormenting metal.
Medicinal therapy: Use White-Draining Powder (泻白散xiè bái sǎn) combined with Indigo and Clamshell Powder (黛蛤散dài gé sǎn) plus scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩huáng qín), anemarrhena (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, 知母zhī mǔ), platycodon (Platycodonis Radix, 桔梗jié gěng), unripe tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, 青皮qīng pí), and tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 陈皮chén pí).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU and LR. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), LU-10 (Fish Border, 鱼际 yú jì), LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), and GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán); needle with drainage.