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1. Exterior Dry-Cold Invading the Lungs
Clinical manifestations: Dry cough with scanty thin watery phlegm, chills without sweating, dry nose mouth and throat, mild headache and body aches, triggered by cool dry autumn weather, no significant fever or thirst.
Tongue: Normal body colour (light red), thin white dry coating. Pulse: Floating and wiry.
Treatment principle: Gently disperse cool Dryness, diffuse Lung-Qi, resolve Phlegm.
Note: moxa applicable given the Cold, unlike a plain Wind-Heat presentation. No deck on this site has a standalone exterior Dry-Cold-invading-the-Lungs slide distinct from ordinary Wind-Cold invasion, a newly confirmed absence, so no pattern link is given here.
2. Dry-Heat or Dry-Fire
Clinical manifestations: Dry cough with scanty sticky phlegm or none, dry sore throat, thirst with desire to drink, mild fever or feeling of heat, dry cracked lips and skin, sticky phlegm difficult to expel.
Tongue: Red and dry, often with cracks, a thin dry yellow coating, red tip. Pulse: Floating and rapid, especially full at right Cun.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and moisten the Lungs, nourish Yin and generate fluids.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site has a standalone exterior Dry-Heat/Dry-Fire-invading-the-Lungs slide distinct from ordinary Wind-Heat invasion, a newly confirmed absence, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Dry hacking cough with scanty sticky phlegm or none, dry sensation deep in the chest, dry nose mouth and throat, dry cracked lips and skin, slight fever and mild aversion to wind.
Tongue: Red body, dry surface, thin white or thin yellow dry coating. Pulse: Floating and may be rapid, often fine.
Treatment principle: Address depletion of Lung fluids by moistening and nourishing Lung-Yin.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Lung-Dryness slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dry cough worsening at night, dry cough with scanty sticky phlegm or none, dry nose mouth and throat, night sweats, afternoon fever or feeling of heat, restlessness and irritability, chronic presentation.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine and rapid, especially weak at right Cun.
Treatment principle: Nourish Lung-Yin, the cooling moistening aspect of the Lungs, to restore the Lungs' descending function.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Lung-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dry cough with scanty sticky phlegm or none, low back and knee soreness and weakness, night sweats, afternoon fever or feeling of heat, flushed cheekbones, tinnitus or dizziness, chronic deep presentation.
Tongue: Red, thin and dry with little or no coating, cracks may appear. Pulse: Fine and rapid, especially weak at right Cun and left Chi.
Treatment principle: Nourish both Lung and Kidney Yin simultaneously — the Kidneys must send moisture upward to the Lungs to resolve the cough.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-and-Lung-Yin-deficiency slide.