BRONCHIECTASIS

Clinical Manifestations
  • Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition where the walls of the bronchi are thickened from inflammation and infection. People with bronchiectasis have periodic flare-ups of breathing difficulties.
  • The most common symptoms of bronchiectasis are:
    Coughing up yellow or green mucus every day
    Shortness of breath that gets worse during exacerbations
    Feeling run-down or tired, especially during exacerbations
    Fevers and/or chills, usually developing during exacerbations
    Wheezing or a whistling sound while you breathe
    Hemoptysis
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute, hacking dry cough
  • Cough with scant, sticky white or yellowish, difficult-to-expectorate sputum
  • Acute fever and chills
  • Dry mouth, throat, nose and lips
  • Chest pain which is worse when coughing
  • Painful or wheezing respiration
  • Lethargy
  • Malaise
  • Weakness
  • Anorexia
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Floating and rapid or Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Lung Heat
  • Disperse Wind-Heat
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Stop cough
Herb Formulas
  • Yin Qiao San
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Qing Fei Yi Huo Pian
    Ma Xing Zhi Ke Pian
    Niu Huang Jie Du Pian
    Chuan Ke Ling
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Itching or tickling in the throat
  • Cough with expectoration of thin, watery or frothy white sputum
  • Chills with low grade fever
  • Tightness in the chest
  • Anhidrosis
  • No thirst
  • Headache
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Blocked and / or runny nose with clear, watery nasal discharge
  • Sneezing
  • General body aches
  • Maybe asthma
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin, white and moist
  • P: Superficial and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Wind
  • Dispel Cold
  • Ventilate the Lungs
  • Resolve Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Itching or tickling in the throat
  • Blocked or stuffy nose
  • Sneezing
  • General body aches
  • Coughing with expectoration of thin, watery or frothy white sputum
  • Dry nasal passages
  • Chills with low grade fever
  • Slight headache
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Nausea
  • Drooling
  • Vomiting
  • Dry throat
  • No thirst
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Anhidrosis
  • Maybe asthma
  • Nasal congestion
  • Sticky nasal discharge
  • Sore throat
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin, white and dry
  • P: Superficial and wiry or Tight or Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Mildly Disperse Cool Dryness
  • Disperse Lung Qi
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Transform thin mucus
  • Soothe the Lungs
  • Stop s coughing
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with thick, sticky, yellow sputum
  • Sore, red, swollen throat
  • Thirst with a desire to drink cold liquids
  • Runny or blocked nose with thick, yellow discharge
  • Fever with perspiration
  • Slight chills
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Headache
  • Maybe dyspnea with flared nostrils
  • Maybe chest pain
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Superficial and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Ventilate the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry cough with little or no sputum
  • Sputum is difficult to expectorate
  • Maybe hemoptysis
  • Cough may cause chest pain
  • Dry or sore throat
  • Hoarse voice
  • Dry lips and mouth
  • Thirst
  • Dryness in nose
  • Epistaxis
  • Chills and fever
  • Headache
  • Anhidrosis
  • Dry skin and hair
  • Constipation
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin, yellow and dry
  • P: Superficial, maybe rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Lungs
  • Moisten Dryness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • No chills
  • Aversion to Heat
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Dyspnea
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath
  • Thick yellow Phlegm
  • T: Red
  • C: Thick and yellow, maybe dry and sticky
  • P:  Rapid, maybe slippery, maybe forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat in Lungs
  • Strengthen when weak or elderly
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever or
  • Fever
  • Aversion to Heat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness (neither activity nor resting brings relief)
  • Heat sensation in the chest
  • Thirst
  • Has urge to vomit but cannot
  • May have dark yellow urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid or Forceful and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Remove Obstructions
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever, worse at night
  • Insomnia
  • Irritability
  • Mild thirst with no desire to drink
  • Mental disturbance
  • Speech disturbance
  • Red, dry, painful rashes
  • T: Deep red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Reduce Heat in the Ying
  • Detoxify
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever worse at night
  • Thirst
  • Insomnia
  • Major mental problems
  • Dramatic change of personality
  • Delirium
  • Speech difficulty
  • Aphasia
  • Poor memory
  • Dizziness
  • Maybe fainting
  • Maybe coma
  • Feverish extremities
  • T: Deep red
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat in Pericardium
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • Confusion of mind
  • Delirium
  • Mania
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hemorrhage:
    Hematemesis
    Hemoptysis
    Epistaxis
    Hemafecia
    Hematuria
  • T: Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: None
    P: Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Dispel Heat and Toxins from the Xue Stage
  • Promote Blood Circulation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever with or without chills
  • A hacking, painful cough with copious, purulent, malodorous mucus
  • The mucus may be Blood-streaked
  • Restricted movement of the chest
  • Labored breathing
  • Sweating
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Lethargy
  • Malaise
  • T: Red
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Flooding and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat and toxins
  • Disperse pus accumulation
  • Disperse Blood Stasis
Herb Formulas
  • Wei Jing Tang modified
  • Chinese patent medicines:
    Niu Huang Xiao Yan Wan
    Wan Shi Niu Huang Qing Xin Wan
    Xi Ling Jie Du Pian

    Chuan Ke Ling
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with copious, thin, white, frothy sputum
  • Chest congestion with a full feeling
  • Dyspnea which is worse when lying down
  • Sometimes asthma
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick, white and greasy or sticky
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Activate the Spleen
  • Dry Dampness
  • Expel Phlegm
  • Purge the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with expectoration of copious thick, purulent, yellow-green sputum or blood-flecked, foul-smelling pus (as in Lung abscess)
  • Dyspnea
  • Asthma
  • Pain in the ribs
  • Maybe chills and fever
  • T: Scarlet
  • C: Yellow and smooth
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Counteract Toxin
  • Transform Stasis
  • Drain Pus
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • (The use of Clear Heat / Counteract Toxin herbs and the principle of "Draining Pus" are only relevant when foul-smelling pus is being expectorated such as in pulmonary abscess)
  • Soothe asthma in case of asthma
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough
  • Yellow Phlegm
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • Constipation
  • Sore throat
  • Hematemesis
  • Hemoptysis
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear and purge Lung Heat
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Stop cough and asthma
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic, incessant coughing
  • Chronic hoarseness
  • Throat lesions
  • Itching throat
  • Fever
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Insomnia
  • Dream disturbed sleep
  • Lack of spirit
  • Fatigue
  • Low back pain
  • Tinnitus
  • Dysuria
  • Depression
  • Turbid urine
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding
  • Polyuria
  • Enuresis
  • Seminal emission
  • Leukorrhea
  • Blood tinged leukorrhea
  • Anorexia
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Physical and mental overexertion
  • Phlegm
  • Dry mouth
  • T: Reddish and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Deep and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Lungs
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Relieve cough
  • Drain Fire
  • Moisten Dryness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe, dry hacking cough
  • No sputum expectorated
  • Small amounts of difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Blood tinged sputum (when Yin Deficiency Fire is present)
  • Afternoon fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush (especially in afternoon)
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Itching in throat
  • Hoarse voice, low voice or loss of voice
  • Emaciation
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic, unremitting coughing
  • Wheezing
  • A shiny-white complexion
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • T: Red and tender
  • P: Deficient and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Restrain the Lungs
  • Stop coughing
  • Tonify Qi
  • Nourish Yin
Herb Formulas
Points

Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst
  • Hacking cough with scanty sputum
  • Low grade fever
  • Night sweats
  • Epigastric pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Little, maybe dry
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear and Nourish the Lungs and Stomach
  • Generate Fluids
  • Moisten Dryness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe, dry hacking cough
  • No sputum expectorated
  • Small amounts of difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Blood tinged sputum (when Yin Deficiency Fire is present)
  • Afternoon fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush (especially in afternoon)
  • Five sole Heat
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Itching in throat
  • Hoarse voice, low voice or loss of voice
  • Emaciation
  • Palpitations
  • Irritability
  • Easily startled
  • Insomnia
  • Much dreaming
  • Poor memory
  • Low grade fever
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
  • Nourish the Heart
  • Calm the Shen
  • Stop cough
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Unproductive cough or
  • Scanty, sticky phlegm or
  • Sometimes blood-streaked sputum
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Low back and knees sore and weak
  • "Steaming Bone" tidal fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush
  • Maybe hoarse voice
  • Maybe pain in shin, foot, and heel
  • Sterility
  • Spermatorrhea
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
  • Reinforce the Kidneys
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry, weak, chronic cough with blood streaked sputum
  • Wheezing
  • Chest oppression and pain
  • Expectoration of small amounts of thick, sticky sputum
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry, sore throat
  • Dry, burning sensation on the skin
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Afternoon fever
  • Low grade fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Shortness of breath
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Steaming bones
  • Vivid dreaming
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Tinnitus
  • Dizziness
  • Dyspnea
  • Dysphoria
  • Hoarseness
  • Restlessness
  • Emaciation
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Dry stools
  • Low back pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Stop Cough
  • Clear Heat
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry stools
  • Knotted constipation
  • Mouth parched
  • Sensation of burning heat, swelling and pain of anus
  • Urine short and dark
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and dry
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge constipation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Coughing
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Emaciation
  • Sallow complexion
  • Anorexia with a full feeling after very little food
  • Weak abdomen
  • Belching
  • Abdominal distention or pain (subtle)
  • Rolled lips
  • Pale lips
  • Stiff tongue
  • Tired limbs
  • Heavy limbs
  • Chest fullness
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Epigastric distention or pain
  • Muscle weakness in arms and legs
  • Loose stools or diarrhea
  • Maybe bleeding
  • Thin muscles.
  • Lethargy-fatigue
  • Does not like to speak
  • Weak, soft voice
  • Maybe enuresis
  • Maybe abundant clear urine
  • Maybe cold extremities
  • Maybe borborygmus
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have teeth marks
  • C: Thin and white.
  • P: Weak and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Regulate Qi
  • Stop pain
  • Stop coughing
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Unremitting belching
  • Unremitting Hiccup
  • Unremitting regurgitation
  • Unremitting nausea and vomiting of saliva and Phlegm
  • Vomiting soon after eating
  • Hard epigastric distention
  • Abdominal firmness and distention
  • Frequent salivation
  • Frequent urination
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and Slippery or White and smooth
  • P: Wiry and deficient or Wiry, taut and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Descend Qi
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Augment Qi
  • Harmonize the Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Lockjaw (trismus)
  • Eyes open
  • Both fists clenched
  • Retention of urine
  • Constipation
  • Stiffness and spasm of limbs
  • Pale face with bluish lips
  • Limbs cold, pale and still
  • Lying peacefully
  • Usual sequelae of C.V.A. such as:
    Hemiplegia
    Aphasia
    Facial paralysis
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep, slippery and even
Treatment Principle
  • Open the Heart Orifices with Pungent Warming Herbs
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Coughing fits with hemoptysis
  • Burning pain in chest and sides
  • Dizziness
  • Face and eyes red
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Dry lips
  • Short-tempered
  • Irascibility
  • Restlessness
  • Maybe dark urine
  • Maybe constipation
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin, yellow and dry
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Liver Fire
  • Purge the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dyspnea which is worse on exertion
  • Difficult to inhale but not to exhale
  • Shortness of breath, shallow breathing
  • Soft voice
  • Perspiration
  • In chronic cases:
    Thin physique
    Mental weariness
    Urinary incontinence on coughing
    Cold limbs
    Facial edema of Deficiency type
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Superficial and Deficient or Deep and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforce the Kidneys to Grasp Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Irritability
  • Slight chills
  • Spasms of the calf muscles
  • Cramps in the hands
  • Weak legs
  • Hypertonicity of the extremities characterized by difficult flexion and extension
  • Wheezing
  • Coughing
  • Hiccup
  • Constipation
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Sciatic pain
  • Severe and painful muscle spasms in the Stomach, bronchi, Gallbladder and uterus. Intestines
  • Shoulder pain
  • Pain in the head, body or limbs due to arterial spasms characterized by a severe pulling pain
  • T: Normal or Reddish
  • C: None or Yellowish
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Soften the Liver
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Nourish Yin
  • Relieve pain
  • Harmonize the Middle Jiao
  • Replenish Body Fluids
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hematemesis
  • Bright red Blood
  • Sudden onset
  • Bloody saliva
  • T: Red
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
  • Clear Heat
  • Drain Fire
Herb Formulas
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