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186 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEinto phlegm, while heat may draft this phlegm upward tolodge in the orifices of the lungs. Typically, this damp heat isassociated with spleen vacuity. However, it may also be associatedwith depressive heat in the liver due to emotional stressand frustration. If depressive counterflows upward, it maylodge in the lungs, the florid canopy, brewing and stewinglung fluids into phlegm. Because phlegm is a yin depressionwhich obstructs the flow of qi, enduring phlegm obstructionis often complicated by blood stasis.The above scenarios of chronic sinusitis all involve somekind of evil heat. However, chronic sinusitis may also beassociated with vacuity cold. If, for any reason, the spleenbecomes vacuous and weak, it may lose control over movementand transformation. In that case, fluids may gather andcollect, transforming into dampness. If dampness endures, itmay congeal into phlegm. The lungs are the child of thespleen. Therefore, if the spleen qi becomes vacuous andweak, so must the lungs. In that case, the lungs may not beable to diffuse and downbear and hence fluids accumulateand spill over into the clear orifice of the nose. This results inwhite, watery nasal discharge and nasal congestion. In addition,spleen vacuity leads to anorexia, fatigue, lack ofstrength, and general malaise.TREATMENT BASED ON PATTERNDISCRIMINATION:1. LUNG CHANNEL WIND HEAT PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Runny nose with profuse thick yellowishwhite phlegm, episodic nasal congestion, decreased senseof smell, swollen, red nasal membranes, frontal or maxillaryaching and pain, possible aversion to cold, cough with profusephlegm, headache, a dry mouth with a desire to drink,a possibly red tongue with thin, white fur, and a floating,rapid or floating, slippery, and rapid pulseTREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Course wind and clear heat,penetratingly and aromatically free the flow of the orificesRX: Cang Er Zi San Jia Wei (Xanthium Powder with AddedFlavors)INGREDIENTS:Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi)Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae)Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)Cang Er Zi (Fructus Xanthii)Xin Yi (Flos Magnoliae)Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae)Bo He (Herba Menthae Haplocalycis)12g12g12g9g9g9g6gANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Ju Hua, Ge Gen, and Bo He dispelwind heat. Lian Qiao clears heat and resolves toxins. Cang ErZi, Xin Yi Hua, and Bai Zhi course wind, diffuse the lungs,disinhibit and free the flow of the orifices of the nose.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For severe lung heat withfoul-smelling, green nasal discharge, add 18 grams of Yu XingCao (Herba Houttuyniae) and nine grams of Huang Qin(Radix Scutellariae). These two medicinals can be alternatedwith 15 grams of Pu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci) and BaiJiang Cao (Herba Patriniae). For cough with profuse phlegm,add nine grams each of Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi) and XingRen (Semen Armeniacae). For headache at the vertex, add 12grams of Gao Ben (Rhizoma Ligustici). For frontal headacheor supraorbital bone pain, add 12 grams of Man Jing Zi(Fructus Viticis) and increase the dosage of Bai Zhi up to 15grams. For pain in the Tai Yang (M-HN-9) area, add ninegrams of Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri). For occipital headache,increase the dosage of Ge Gen up to 18 grams. For severenasal congestion, add 18 grams of Yu Xing Cao (HerbaHouttuyniae) and nine grams of Huo Xiang (HerbaPogostemonis).ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION: He Gu (LI 4), Qu Chi(LI 11), Ying Xiang (LI 20), Chi Ze (Lu 5). Use drainingtechnique.ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Frontal or maxillary sinusitisinvolves the yang ming channel. Therefore, draining He Guand Qu Chi are used to clear heat from the yang ming. At thesame time, they course wind and clear heat. In addition, HeGu is the master or ruling point of the face. Therefore, it cantreat any pain or disease in the orifices of the head. DrainingYing Xiang, the final point of the large intestine channel, disinhibitsand frees the flow of the orifices of the nose, whiledraining Chi Ze diffuses and clears the lungs, and helps theother points dispel heat from the lung channel.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For severe lung heat, addYu Ji (Lu 10) and bleed Chi Ze (Lu 5). For local pain in thesinus cavities area, needle perpendicularly every painful a shipoint in the center of the pain. For pain in the maxilla, addSi Bai (St 2). For severe runny nose, add Shang Xing (GV23). For cough with profuse phlegm, add Lie Que (Lu 7). Forsupraorbital bone pain, add Zan Zhu (Bl 2), Yin Tang (M-HN-3), and eventually Yu Yao (M-HN-6). For pain in thetemples, add Tai Yang (M-HN-9). For headache in theocciput, add Feng Chi (GB 20). For severe nasal congestion,add Yin Tang (M-HN-3).2. GALLBLADDER BOWEL DEPRESSIVEHEAT PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Runny nose with profuse, thick, foulsmelling,sticky, yellow or yellow-green, turbid, purulentphlegm, possible filaments of blood in the phlegm, nasal congestion,anosmia, very red, swollen, and distended nasal mem-