HAY FEVER

Clinical Manifestations
  • Watery nasal discharge
  • Sneezing
  • Itching eyes and nose
  • Irritated, watery eyes
  • Pale, baggy mucus membranes
  • Red, swollen conjunctiva
  • Edema and vasodiation of the nasal mucus membrane
  • Reduction or loss of the sense of smell
  • Maybe nasal polyps
  • Maybe nasal obstruction
  • Severe chills
  • Mild or no fever
  • Frontal or maxillary headache
  • Generalized discomfort
  • Stiff neck and shoulders
  • Body aches
  • Joint ache
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hiccups
  • Anhidrosis
  • Gasping
  • Stabbing joint pain
  • Itchy throat
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Maybe low back pain
  • Maybe frozen shoulder
  • Maybe dyspnea
  • Maybe epistaxis (severe)
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin, white
  • P: Superficial and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Relieve Exterior
  • Expel Wind-Cold
  • Warm the Lungs
  • Disperse the Lungs
  • Stop Asthma
  • Transform Phlegm-Fluids
  • Descend Lung Qi
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Itching or tickling in the throat
  • Wheezing
  • Sneezing
  • Gasping
  • Cough with expectoration of thin, watery or frothy white sputum
  • General body aches
  • No thirst
  • Dyspnea
  • Headache
  • Body aches
  • A sensation of heaviness
  • Chills with low grade fever
  • Maybe asthma
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Anhidrosis
  • Blocked and/or runny nose with watery nasal discharge
  • Chest discomfort
  • Neck stiffness
  • Irritability
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin, white and moist
  • P: Superficial and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Disperse Wind-Cold
  • Induce diaphoresis
  • Dispel Dampness
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with a heavy sound
  • Choking cough
  • Stuffy and runny nose
  • Copious thin, watery nasal discharge
  • Excessive lacrimation
  • Wheezing with expectoration of copious thin watery or string mucus
  • Orthopnea
  • Thin white sputum
  • Chills and fever
  • Headache
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Itching larynx
  • Aching of limbs
  • Muscle soreness
  • Chilliness
  • Anhidrosis
  • T: Normal
  • C:Thin and white
  • P: Floating or Floating and tense
Treatment Principle
  • Disperse Wind and Cold
  • Warm the Lungs
  • Warm and transform Phlegm Fluids
  • Stop wheezing
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic, weak cough
  • Coughing fatigues the patient
  • Continuous cough
  • Cough is aggravated by fatigue, exertion or exposure to Wind
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Sneezing
  • Frequent colds
  • Shortness of breath
  • Clear thin or white mucus
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Weary Spirit
  • Catches cold easily
  • Weak, low voice or
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Dry, white face
  • Dry throat
  • Dyspnea on movement
  • Parched mouth
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Forceless and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Lung Qi
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Stop cough
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic cough with sparse sputum
  • Sputum difficult to expectorate
  • Sneezing
  • Shortness of breath
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Dry mouth and tongue
  • Palpitations with a stifling sensation in chest
  • Fatigue
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • Dry throat
  • Insomnia
  • Listless speech
  • T: Red and dry or Pink and dry
  • C: Thin and dry
  • P: Deficient and rapid or Irregular and slow or Thready and deficient or Consistently irregular
Treatment Principle
  • Augment Qi
  • Clear Heat
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold extremities
  • No thirst
  • Dry throat
  • Excessive salivation with spitting up of clear Fluids
  • No coughing
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • A bland taste in the mouth
  • Cold breath
  • Frequent, clear urination
  • Irritability
  • Dizziness
  • Frequent urination
  • Cold limbs
  • A pale complexion
  • Abdominal pain which is alleviated by warmth and pressure and aggravated by Cold
  • T: Pale and moist
  • C: None
  • P: Frail or Deep and slow or Wiry and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Lungs
  • Strengthen the Stomach
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