What are the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating lung diseases

There are many types of lung diseases, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. Lung diseases are very harmful to health and often cause symptoms such as coughing, fever, and sputum. Chronic lung disease can be treated with certain Chinese medicine methods, which have a good therapeutic and conditioning effect. Different Chinese medicine prescriptions can be used for treatment according to the symptoms of different lung diseases. Of course, treatment must be under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Chinese medicine prescription for pneumonia - wind-heat attacking the lungs

[Symptoms of pneumonia] Cough, excessive sputum, fever, wheezing and nasal flaring, no sweating, thin white tongue coating, and rapid pulse.

【Treatment of pneumonia】clearing away heat and detoxifying, pungent and cool to penetrate the surface

[Prescription for pneumonia] Ephedra 3g, almond 9g, licorice 6g, gypsum 12g, honeysuckle 6g, forsythia 9g, platycodon 6g, mustard spicate 12g, fresh reed root 30g

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

[Comments on pneumonia] This is a symptom of wind-heat invading the lungs, so the treatment is mainly based on the use of pungent and cool herbs to dispel the evil, supplemented by clearing away heat and detoxifying. The treatment is effective with Ma Xing Shi Gan Gan Decoction and Yin Qiao Powder, which can be described as simple and magical.

2. Chinese medicine prescription for pneumonia - internal accumulation of pathogenic heat

[Symptoms of pneumonia] Chills and fever, cough and chest pain, no sweating, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and constipation, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

[Treatment of pneumonia] Clearing away heat and relieving lung dysfunction

[Prescription for pneumonia] 45g of raw gypsum, 30g of Trichosanthes, 5g of rhubarb, 10g of apricot kernel, 15g of Anemarrhena, 10g of Atractylodes, 15g of Red Peony Root, 10g of Bupleurum, 10g of Peucedanum, 30g of Phragmites australis

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

[Comments on pneumonia] Warm and hot evil invades the lungs and spreads to the large intestine, causing both exterior and interior diseases. Therefore, the treatment is to promote lung function, clear away heat and eliminate stagnation. The prescription uses Peucedanum chinense and Apricot kernel to invigorate the lung qi, Gypsum gypsum, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Trichosanthes kirilowii, and Phragmites australis to clear internal heat, and Raw Rhubarb to purge the intestinal qi, removing the firewood from under the cauldron to relieve the heat congestion in the upper-burner lung. It is also combined with Atractylodes macrocephala to invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness to harmonize the stomach qi, Bupleurum chinense to soothe the liver and clear heat to relax the middle earth, and Red Peony Root to activate blood circulation to prevent excessive use of cold and dampness from hindering blood circulation and making it difficult to eliminate the evil. The trick is to use gypsum in large doses and add a small amount of raw rhubarb. Combined with the main prescription, it is quite effective in treating the disease.

3. Chinese medicine prescription for pneumonia - lung and stomach heat

[Symptoms of pneumonia] Fever with persistent sweating, cough with red sputum, thin, greasy and yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

[Treatment of pneumonia] Clear the lungs and stomach and resolve phlegm and heat

[Prescription for pneumonia] 4.5g tender peucedanum, 12g water bean roll, 9g water roasted mulberry leaf, 9g honeysuckle, 9g forsythia shell, 9g almond, 4.5g elephant shell powder, 9g black gardenia, 3g raw licorice

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

[Comments on pneumonia] Wind-heat, fever with persistent sweating, and invisible cold and headache. The pathogenic factors enter the interior from the outside and are still between Wei and Qi. Ye Xiangyan said, "It is okay to sweat in the Wei, but it can be cleared only when it reaches the Qi." Therefore, he used Gardenia and Licorice Decoction to clear the Qi and penetrate the Wei. Because the body is hot and sweating, the superficial defense is already weak, so only the Wei is penetrated.