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

Lung Qi Deficiency - Basics

Fatigue, SOB, weak voice, spontaneous daytime sweating, catch colds easily/frequently, pale complexion.

Tongue Diagnosis

Pale, slightly swollen.

Pulse Diagnosis

Empty.

The following 7 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Lung Qi Deficiency

B

• Bi Yan Wan (Nose Inflammation Tablets) Treat Phlegm
• Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Formula) Tonify

S

• Sheng Mai San Wan (Generate the Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Sheng Mai Yin Wan (Replenish Pulse Pills) Tonify

T

• Te Xiao Bi Min Gan Wan (Specially Effective Nasal Allergy Pills) Tonify

X

• Xiang Yin Wan (Golden Voice Pills) Tonify

Y

• Yu Ping Feng Wan (Jade Windscreen Formula) Stabilize and Bind

The Chinese Medicine treatment of lung qi deficiency 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 16 conditions may arise from lung qi deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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