TCM Lung Disease

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TCM Lung Disease

• Lung Physiology
• Lung Pathology
• Cases (Cough Asthma)

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Metal

• Sound
• weeping
• Emotion
• grief
• Climate
• dry-cool
• Season
• autumn

• Direction
• west
• Opening
• nose
• Body Part
• skin
• Zang/Fu
• LU/LI

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TCM LUNG Physiology

• Governs Qi Respiration
• Dominates Ascending Descending
• Control the Body Surface
• Opens in the Nose

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TCM LUNG Physiology

• Governs Qi Respiration
• Inhales clear Qi
• Exhales stale Qi
• Forms Zong Qi from Gu Qi clear Qi
• Qi help propel the Blood so Lung and Heart work
  together
  
• Stagnation of Lung Qi leads to cough and asthma

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TCM LUNG Physiology

• Dominates Ascending Descending
• Distributes defensive (wie) Qi and body fluid to
  entire body
  
• Helps maintain normal descending function, while
  receiving the ascending water vapor from the
  kidney

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TCM LUNG Physiology

• Control the Body Surface
• Distributes body fluid to the tissues which in
  turn helps regulate skin moisture and sweating
  
• Provides Wei Qi

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TCM LUNG Physiology

• Opens in the Nose
• Lung is a canopy over the other organs and very
  delicate
  
• Easily affected by pathogens (wind, heat, cold or
  dryness)

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Lung Patterns
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TCM 24 Hour Clock
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Cough Pattern
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Cold
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Heat Phlegm-H
eat Cough
Excess
Yin Deficiency Cough Lung Qi Deficiency Lung Yin
and Qi deficiency
Deficiency
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Invasion of the Lung with Wind-Cold
Wind-Cold
Etiology
attack
Lung Qi flow is obstructed
Cough
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Silver (2 yr M TB)

• Fever- -104.5 (3 days)
• Thick, yellow nasal discharge
• Slight cough
• Tongue Red and dry
• Pulse Surging and fast
• No other signs
• 4 other horses on farm affected
• Dx Wind-heat invasion of the lung

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Silver Treatment

• Acupuncture
• EA
• GV-14?Bai Hui
• DN
• BL-13, Ding-chuan
• Aqua
• LI-4, LI-11
• Herbal
• Equine Yin Qiao
• 30-50 gm BID 7-10 days

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Cappy (9 yr M/C Mix)

• Chronic cough and nasal discharge for 3 months
• Cold, wet nose
• Prefers warm
• Metal dog
• Tongue Pale and wet
• Pulse weak on right
• Dx Lung Qi deficiency with stagnation

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Cappy Treatment

• Acupunture
• LI-20, Bi Tong, Long Hui, LI-4, LU-7, LU-9,
  CV-17
  
• Herbal
• Bu Fei Wan
• Xin Yin San

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Dyspnea/Asthma Pattern
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Cold
Accumulation of Phlegm-Heat in Lungs
Excess
Lung Qi Deficiency Lung Yin Deficiency Lung-Kidn
ey Qi Deficiency
Deficiency
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Dyspnea/Asthma Pattern
Wind-Cold
Wind-Heat
Kidney Def
Lung Def
Attack
Lung
control Qi Flow
reception of Qi
obstruct
flow of the Lung Qi
upward the Qi Flow
Dyspnea/Asthma
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CDR Monkey (55 yr M Mix)

• Metal personality
• Overworking at perfection
• Recent problems with anger
• Occasional loose stools
• Exercise-induced asthma
• Tongue Pale with tooth marks
• Pulse Weak lung and kidney on right
• Dx Kidney and Lung Qi deficiency

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CDR Monkey Treatment

• Acupuncture
• DN
• LU-9, KID-3, LIV-3, Shen Shu (caudal), CV-17
• Moxa
• ST-36
• Aqua
• HT-7
• Herbal
• Gecko formula

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Clyde-O (6 yr M/C Mix)

• Rescue puppy
• Water dog
• Thunderstormphobia
• LS stenosis
• Nasal congestion in right nostril
• Sneezing
• Tongue Red and purple
• Pulse Forceful
• Dx Wind Heat

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Clyde-O Treatment

• Acupuncture
• LI-4, LI-20, GV-14, Long Hui
• Herbal
• Tuo Ming Tang

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TCM Lung Disease

• I hope you all breath a little easier
• Look for the pattern and treat what you find