Wheezing due to cold phlegm and water-rheum that arises when externally contracted wind-cold entering the lung collects internally with rheum to obstruct the airways. Cold wheezing is characterized by hasty breathing with a wheezing rale in the throat, coughing of clear thin stick phlegm, stifling oppression in the chest, dull gray facial complexion, a white glossy tongue fur, and a tight floating pulse.
Medicinal therapy: Warm the lung and disperse cold; sweep phlegm and disinhibit the orifices. Use Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction (射干麻黄汤shè gān má huáng tāng) or Three-Seed Decoction (三子汤sān zǐ tāng).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on back transport points, CV, and LU to warm and regulate lung qì. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-12 (Wind Gate, 风门 fēng mén), CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng), BL-43 (Gāo-Huāng Transport, 膏肓俞 gāo huāng shù), Panting Stabilizer (定喘dìng chuǎn), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), CV-22 (Celestial Chimney, 天突 tiān tú), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), and ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng); needle with even supplementation and drainage, followed by large amounts of moxa. For stifling oppression in the chest, add PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān) and BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù). Formerly, the term cold wheezing also included wheezing due to cold enveloping heat, which is now categorized as a form of heat wheezing.