Like Lung Qi Deficiency but with involvement of yang, heat. It does not distribute fluids and yin accumulates. For example: chronic bronchitis.

Symptoms

• Shortness of breath, weak respiration.
• Cough with abundant clear and fluid phlegm.
• Aversion to cold, feeling of cold, especially cold hands.
• Feeling of cold in the upper back (between shoulder blades).
• Catches colds easily.
• Pale face.
• Physical and mental exhaustion.
• Weak voice and reluctance to speak.
• Edema.
• No thirst.
• Pale, swollen and moist tongue.
• Weak pulse at the right "thumb" position.

Causes

1. Lung Qi Deficiency with interior Cold
2. Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency
3. Attack of exterior Cold
4. Inadequate diet: excess of cold and raw foods
5. Sadness

Treatment

Tonify Lung-Yang:

• BL-13; BL-42 (Corporeal Soul of Lung, Po)
• Moxa GV-14; GV-4
• Ding Chuan: 0.5 cun lateral to GV-14 for asthma, cough
• KI-22; LU-7; LU-9; CV-17; ST-36; CV-4