Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to lung dryness. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Lung Dryness - Basics

Not as severe as LU Yin Deficiency, dry cough, dry throat, hoarseness, dry skin.

Tongue Diagnosis

Dry.

Pulse Diagnosis

Empty, possibly Floating.

The following 2 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Lung Dryness

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• Gu Ben Wan (Replenish the Root Teapills) Treat Dryness

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• Sha Shen Mai Dong Wan (Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction) Treat Dryness

The Chinese Medicine treatment of lung dryness generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 4 conditions may arise from lung dryness . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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