What are the symptoms of lung yin deficiency?

Chinese medicine emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang. Sometimes people will have a situation of excessive yang and insufficient yin, and yin deficiency can be divided into heart yin deficiency, lung yin deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, etc. Today we will mainly talk about lung yin deficiency, which is caused by the loss of lung yin fluid and excessive yin fire, which can cause people to have symptoms such as dry cough without sputum, dry mouth, hoarseness, etc. The following is a detailed introduction to the symptoms of lung yin deficiency.

Causes

It is mostly caused by dryness and heat burning the lungs, or tuberculosis attacking the lungs, or phlegm and fire accumulating inside the body damaging the lungs, or excessive fire from the five emotions burning the lungs, and long-term cough damaging the lung yin. Dryness is the main element of autumn and is most likely to damage the lungs. The harmful dryness is most likely to deplete the body's body fluids, causing yin deficiency and manifesting in various symptoms and signs of dryness. As the saying goes, "when dryness prevails, dryness occurs." The dryness invades the lungs, damaging the lung fluids and causing failure of the lung's function of promoting and clearing, resulting in a dry cough with little sputum.

Clinical manifestations

The diagnosis of this syndrome is based on the common symptoms of lung disease and the syndrome of yin deficiency and internal heat. The lung yin is insufficient, virtual fire is generated internally, and the fluid is burned into phlegm, which is sticky and difficult to cough out, so there is a dry cough without phlegm, or a small amount of sticky phlegm. If the Yin fluid is insufficient, it cannot moisten the throat, causing dry mouth and throat, and it cannot nourish the muscles, causing body weight loss. If the internal heat is intense, there will be hot flashes in the afternoon and fever in the five parts of the body. When heat disturbs the Ying Yin, it causes night sweats; when deficiency heat ascends, the cheekbones become red; when the lung meridians are burned and blood overflows from the meridians, there is blood in the sputum; when the throat loses moisture, the voice becomes hoarse. A red tongue with little fluid and a weak pulse are both signs of yin deficiency and internal heat.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum, or little and sticky sputum, dry mouth and throat, weight loss, hot flashes in the afternoon, fever in the five parts of the body, night sweats, red cheeks, even blood in the sputum, hoarseness, red tongue with little fluid, and a thready and rapid pulse. Treatment principle: Nourish yin and clear the lungs. Main prescription: Adenophora and Ophiopogon Decoction, Lily and Gold-Consolidating Decoction. The former replenishes the yin of the lungs and stomach, while the latter replenishes the yin of the lungs and kidneys. The foods you can choose from for diet therapy include: snow pear, lily, white fungus, yam, etc.