Phlegm Fire

Phlegm Fire TCM Pattern Connections

Below you will find various relationships to the concept of and potential approaches for phlegm fire.

Content Related to Phlegm Fire

Phlegm Fire is one of many possible underlying factors from a TCM perspective for health issues such as .

The above issues are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of issues intermixed from a variety of causal patterns in TCM terms. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

General TCM Diagnostic Signs

Tongue: Red w/yellow greasy coat, possibly red points on tip a/or a deep midline crack running to the tip.
Pulse: Full, slippery

Treatment approaches are often akin to unravelling an onion, with the goal of resolving the root factor involved in the constellation of resulting issues. The current and historical array of issues and signs must be taken into consideration as well as the timing of the onset of each individual aspect.

Related Acupuncture Protocols

When developing an acupuncture protocol a practitioner is very often focusing on the causal diagnoses in Chinese Medicine terms, not on the condition itself. To guide you towards treatment potentials, phlegm fire is referenced in the following acupuncture protocol sections: