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468 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEing for this worm infixation or influx or this worm influx transformingfrom hidden to apparent. Such bodily weakness maybe due to former heaven natural endowment insufficiency,unregulated eating and drinking, bedroom taxation, and taxationfatigue due to excessive thinking and worrying as well aspoverty and poor living conditions. Evils within the lungsobstruct and hinder the lungs’ depurative downbearing.Therefore, lung fluids gather and accumulate, transforminginto phlegm. Depressed phlegm and dampness may then transformheat, and heat evils within the lungs may further steamand stew lung fluids, yet again congealing them into phlegm. Ifthese heat evils endure, they will also eventually eat the qi andconsume yin. Because the spleen is the mother of the lungs,enduring lung qi vacuity may reach the spleen. Because thespleen and kidneys support and bolster one another, spleen qivacuity may eventually damage kidney yang. Qi vacuity resultsin fatigue, spontaneous perspiration, and loss of strength. Sinceit is the qi which moves the blood, qi vacuity may also becomecomplicated by blood stasis. If yin becomes damaged and insufficientto control yang, effulgent fire may be engendered internally.Because the kidneys are the child of the lungs, lung yinvacuity may also reach kidney yin. If vacuous yin fails to controlyang, there will be low-grade fevers and night sweats. If heatdamages the network vessels in the lungs, there will be hackingor coughing of blood. If both yin and yang become damaged,there will be yin and yang dual vacuity. However, according tothe author of the Yi Men Fa Lu (The Laws of Medicine), in eightout of 10 cases, it is yin which is damaged first.TREATMENT BASED ON PATTERNDISCRIMINATION:1. LUNG YIN DEBILITY & DETRIMENT PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Dry cough, scanty phlegm, possiblephlegm mixed with blood, chest pain, tidal fever, malarflushing, a dry mouth and parched throat, a red tongue withthin, yellow fur and scanty fluids, and a fine, rapid pulseTREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Nourish yin and moisten thelungs, clear heat and stop coughingRX: Bai He Gu Jin Tang Jia Jian (Lily Secure MetalDecoction with Additions & Subtractions)Bai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Albae)Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi)Chuan Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae)Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)9g6g6g3gANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Bai He, Mai Men Dong, Sheng Di,Shu Di, Xuan Shen, and Gong Lao Ye all nourish yin andmoisten the lungs. In addition, Sheng Di and Xuan Shen clearvacuity heat, while Huang Qin clears lung heat. Bai Bu, GongLao Ye, Chuan Bei Mu, and Jie Geng stop cough. Chuan BeiMu and Jie Geng transform and disperse phlegm. In addition,Jie Geng is a messenger which leads the other medicinals tothe lungs. Bai Shao nourishes the blood and, therefore, helpsenrich yin, constrains yin and stops night sweats.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For severe lung dryness, add 12grams each of Bei Sha Shen (Radix Glehniae) and Shi Hu (HerbaDendrobii) and nine grams of Yu Zhu (Rhizoma PolygonatiOdorati). For hacking of blood, add 30 grams of Xian He Cao(Herba Agrimoniae), 12 grams of Hua Rui Shi (Dolomitum),and nine grams of Bai Ji (Rhizoma Bletillae). For tidal fever andmalar flushing, add 15 grams of Bie Jia (Carapax Trionycis), 12grams of Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii), and nine grams of Bai Wei(Radix Cynanchi Atrati). For thick, yellow phlegm which is difficultto expectorate, add nine grams each of Hai Fu Shi(Pumice) and Gua Lou Pi (Pericarpium Trichosanthis).ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION: Fei Shu (Bl 13), GaoHuang Shu (Bl 43), Fu Liu (Ki 7)ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Supplementing Fei Shu and GaoHuang Shu nourish yin and moisten the lungs, clear vacuityheat from the lungs and stop coughing. Supplementing FuLiu, the mother-metal point of the foot water channel,engenders fluids and nourishes yin not only of the kidneysbut also of the lungs.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For night sweats, add Yin Xi(Ht 6). For severe cough, add Chi Ze (Lu 5). For phlegm mixedwith blood or hacking of blood, add Ge Shu (Bl 17) and Yu Ji(Lu 10) or Kong Zui (Lu 6). For tidal fever, add Da Zhui (GV14) and San Yin Jiao (Sp 6). For chest pain or oppression, addNei Guan (Per 6) and Dan Zhong (CV 17). For concomitant qivacuity, add Tai Yuan (Lu 9) and Zu San Li (St 36).INGREDIENTS:Dan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)Bai He (Bulbus Lilii)Mai Men Dong (Tuber Ophiopogonis)Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae)Sheng Di (uncooked Radix Rehmanniae)Shu Di (cooked Radix Rehmanniae)Bai Bu (Radix Stemonae)Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)Gong Lao Ye (Folium Mahoniae)15g12g12g12g12g12g12g12g12g2. YIN VACUITY WITH FIRE EFFULGENCE PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Bone-steaming, tidal fever, night sweats,vexatious heat in the five hearts, insomnia, profuse dreams,easy agitation, easy anger, cough with no, scanty, or yellow,sticky, thick phlegm, recurrent episodes of hacking bloodwhich is excessive in amount and fresh in color, crampingpain in the chest and rib-side, emaciation, dry skin, throat,mouth, and nose, red lips, malar flushing, a crimson redtongue, and a fine, rapid pulse