Symptoms of lung qi deficiency, early treatment if symptoms are discovered

Common symptoms of lung qi deficiency are increased heart rate, fatigue, shortness of breath, and low voice. Common causes of lung qi deficiency are decreased resistance, chronic lung disease, and environmental factors. It requires timely treatment, especially traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating lung qi deficiency.

1. Common symptoms

Increased heart rate, barrel-shaped chest, weakness, low voice, qi disorder, gray cheeks, lung yin deficiency, dry and wet odors can be heard in the lungs... shortness of breath, irritability, heat in the five parts of the body

The clinical manifestations of lung-qi deficiency syndrome include cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, low and timid voice, spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, susceptibility to external pathogens, shortness of breath and fatigue, pale face and fatigue, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse.

2. Causes of Lung Qi Deficiency

Resistance decreased (45%):

Lung Qi deficiency can be caused by overwork, chronic cough, summer heat, serious illness, or spleen deficiency that cannot raise clear Qi to the lungs, resulting in lung Qi deficiency and weakened functional activities, forming lung Qi deficiency syndrome.

Chronic lung disease (20%):

It is mostly caused by long-term cough that damages the lung qi, or by weak body and insufficient lung qi, or by spleen deficiency, which prevents the essence of water and grain from nourishing the lungs. It is more common in the later stages of the disease or in chronic lung diseases and is a type of deficiency syndrome.

Environmental factors (20%):

The physical or chemical environment causes the body's systems to not function properly, resulting in difficulty breathing and reduced functional activities.

Treatment

1. It is used for organ deficiency and insufficient lung qi. If the symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, low voice, fatigue, low blood pressure, pale complexion or spontaneous sweating, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse, the lung qi should be replenished. Baoyuan Decoction with Schisandra chinensis should be used: 9 grams of ginseng, 15 grams of astragalus, 3 grams of ginger, 6 grams of Schisandra chinensis, and 3 grams of roasted licorice. Add water and boil, extract the juice, and take it 2 to 3 times a day; or soak it in boiling water and drink it instead of tea. You can also use ginseng walnut soup with schisandra chinensis: 9 grams of ginseng, 30 grams of walnut kernels, 3 grams of ginger, and 6 grams of schisandra chinensis. Add water and boil to extract juice. Take it 2-3 times a day.

2. For those who are prone to colds, with symptoms such as nasal congestion, dizziness, headache, aversion to wind and cold, fatigue, thin white tongue coating, and weak pulse, it is advisable to use Yupingfeng Powder plus Perilla: 15 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams of Atractylodes, 12 grams of Saposhnikovia, 6 grams of ginger, and 10 grams of Perilla. Add water and boil to extract juice, take it three times a day. If you do not have a cold, you should strengthen the lung qi and consolidate the exterior. You should take Yupingfeng Powder (remove the perilla from the previous recipe) as a decoction orally, twice a day. Or take Yupingfeng Pills 6g (or granules) at a time, twice a day. You can also use Beiqi tablets, 4 tablets at a time, twice a day; or use Ginseng Beiqi tablets, 4 tablets at a time, twice a day.

3. For chronic sinusitis of deficiency-cold type, symptoms include dizziness, aversion to cold, spontaneous sweating, etc. The main focus should be on replenishing lung qi, while also opening the orifices and detoxifying. It is advisable to use Bitongning Drops (containing Xindi and Xanthium sibiricum) as nasal drops, 1 to 2 drops each time, 2 to 3 times a day. Or use Bitong Pills (containing Xindi, Bushicao, Angelica dahurica, Menthus fragrans, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Licorice), one pill at a time, twice a day. All of them also took Beiqi tablets.