P. WANG and O. DUHAMEL
This is how Chinese medicine sees pneumoconiosis:
-Pneumoconiosis is caused by an extemal excess that invades the lungs,
which is followed by a stagnation of the blood circulation and concentrations
such as nouures; then there is a progressive depletion of the lung and
kidney Yin.
- Différential diagnosis:
1st stage: Dry cough; little phlegm; chest oppression;
short breath; thirst; spontaneous perspiration; red and dryish tongue;
deep and wiry pulse.
Treatmentprinciple: Moisten the lungs; disperse phlegm to improve the
cough.
2nd stage: Cough with thick phlegm or phlegm mixed with blood;
chest oppression combined with pain; short and weak breath; heat in
the five hearts (heart, palms of the hands and soles of the feet); hot
flushes; perspiration without any extemal cause; red and dryish tongue;
tense and wiry pulse.
Treatmentprinciple: Nourish the Yin; moisten the lungs and get the
blood to circulate.
3rd stage: Cough with expectoration of phlegm; breathlessness
and chest oppression; breathlessness worsened by movement; weariness;
fatigue; sensitivity to the cold and cold limbs; stiff, aching and weak
back and knees; pale or thick (swollen) tongue; deep, wiry and weak
pulse.
Treatment principle: Nourish and heat the lungs and kidneys.
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