Lung through the channel theory and ephedra soup

Chen Ming Beijing university of Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        Neijing lung through the channel theory

        By dispersing pertains lung qi to urinate, eliminate edema, the purpose of it is the theoretical basis of nei jing said "through the waterway" theory of the lungs. Neijing that lung is a vital organ of the body fluid metabolism, in the human body fluid metabolism, lung is responsible for the water fluid conveying to the bladder, the original say "lose bladder under the lungs through the channel,",, is clear; Adjusted, is to adjust; Waterway, liquid water is running and discharge path. Lung through the channel is refers to the lungs of the human body the internal fluid transport, run, and excretion of dredging and regulating role. Through the function of the waterway of the lung is completed by its dispersing pertains, transforming, lung dispersing pertains, fluid can be spread to the whole body, especially the muscle table fur, to sweat out of the body after the metabolism; Lung qi transforming, can make the water body fluid lose hardness in the bladder, and into the urine after metabolism in vitro. Later generations according to the pulmonary function, referred to as "lung above for the water source".

        If the lungs through the channel function disorder, metabolic disorders, can make the water fluid water stop will become phlegm retention and even liquid water to the skin for edema. And the lung fur, and begin to understand in the nose, the lungs through the two channels communicates with the outside world, the most easy to incur invaded. Once invasive pathogens interference to the lungs, it can make the lung qi canopy closure, not well done to the role of bladder conveying fluid, patients often can appear urination, serious can lead to the occurrence of edema. So, the key of treatment must sweat nourish, dispersing pertains lung qi, to show a way to make the lung qi is not affected by the interference of pathogens, adjust the function of the channel back naturally. This method of sweating to treat oedema, neijing call it "open" the gates of hell. "Ghost", refers to the surface of the sweat pore, ghosts door open, is refers to the method of sweating. Through sweating, invaded by not only remove with sweat, and the water of subcutaneous stasis also subsequently spread out, edema will naturally fade. At the same time, along with the lungs through the channel function recovery, fluid lose to the bladder, urine is profit.

        In treatise on febrile disease "the disease" main prescriptions - ephedra soup, it is an excellent application to the lungs through the channel of the theory and clinical, except for table card for asthmatic cough, liquid water metabolic diseases such as edema, urination, have good curative effect.

        Ephedra soup of drugs

        Ephedra soup by ephedra, cassia twig, almond, licorice flavour of drugs.

        Ephedra here has two functions: one is sweating nourish, 2 it is releasing lungs and asthma; Behind of two drugs is help ephedra these two functions, help ephedra guizhi sweating nourish, almonds help ephedra; promote lung Licorice is to reconcile the medicine. Four flavor combinations is very strict, as a company, ephedra, for the general manager is responsible for the overall work. Cassia twig, almond, respectively to deputy general manager, each tube. Licorice is equivalent to the secretary, coordination of corporate affairs.

        Ephedra soup in treatise on febrile disease mainly aimed at the sun cold typhoid class, in fact, as long as the treatise on febrile disease of reason and the effect of ephedra soup figure, it can be used in wide areas. Because ephedra soup although typhoid fever syndrome in treatise on febrile disease is used in the sun, have the function of the sweating nourish, but also have the function of the dispersing pertains lung qi, bladder, urine, so the ephedra soup is not only used for typhoid fever a cold, but more is used in the fluid due to lung and bladder dysfunction of metabolic disorder diseases, such as edema, urination, etc.

        Ephedra soup with pot of peel method

        By the method of dispersing pertains lung gas reaches the urinate vividly called "pot of peel" of traditional Chinese medicine. If a kettle, the lid tightly gadd, instant pot mouth, couldn't pour water, instant poured out, will not free, intravenous drip down. But when the lid is opened, the real-time small spout is chang, pour water, this is called "the pot of peel". Bladder like a kettle, lung like the lid on it, (nei jing said "lung" canopy of five zang-organs) as the function of the lungs through the channel to the bladder, is just like from shake water, if lung qi canopy closure, is equivalent to the lid is too tight, the natural water is not very smooth, conveying to the bladder, then urinate a little difficult. At this time alone to consider the urine is futile, because diseases are not below the bladder, which is not in a spout, and in the lungs above this lid, only open lung qi xuan, open the lid, liquid water can achieve the bladder natural sense, pass urine. The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of acute nephritis edema tends to adopt this method, and the "pot of peel" is the preferred formula ephedra soup and some prescriptions from ephedra tonga, such as the male and the soup soup, licorice, ephedra, almond gypsum ephedra forsythia rice bean soup, etc.

        Ephedra soup to treat urinary incontinence

        Is worth questioning, lung channel function disorder, water can't very well to the bladder, can be characterized by urination, also can show the urine can not help, or urine after Yu Li, or urinary incontinence. It's like a broken faucet, can be drop out, may also be a water leak. So peel "pot" method is also used to caused by pulmonary gas closed urine, urinary incontinence. Had put a female patients, 35 years old. Frequency, not net of urine, urinary incontinence for 15 years. Ask the reason of onset, is suffering from a bad cold at the age of 20, through the half moon, cure a cold only basic recovered. But then, the phenomenon of the frequency, urgency, and later gradually development for urinary incontinence. Western medicine to give her a diagnosis of chronic urinary tract infection, cystitis, such as disease, TCM diagnosis of kidney empty, but, western medicine has eaten a lot, especially in the kidney is acerbity of traditional Chinese medicine, the phenomenon of frequent urination, urinary incontinence has not been fundamentally solved. Frequency of the symptoms of now: the day to urinate urgently, later will be wet pajamas, using the toilet at night often have urinary incontinence in a bed, have a bad cold, cough, cough violently and laughing when urine since the seldom sweating at ordinary times, even the hot summer season. Up in the morning sometimes slightly swollen eyelids, pulse condition.

        Conventional methods of the TCM therapy for urinary incontinence is a kidney is acerbity, but sometimes with kidney solid acerbity of traditional Chinese medicine does not work. Admittedly, urine or frequency, caused by kidney empty a lot, with kidney solid acerbity of traditional Chinese medicine is efficacious. But some patients with urinary incontinence is up in the cold, bad cold, no sweat, cough, floating pulse, and no the phenomenon of kidney empty, has close relationship with the lungs instead, actual loss is due to pulmonary xuan, through the channel function caused by dereliction of duty, so we give patients use ephedra Shang Kaixuan lung qi to pot of peel. Results after 1 week, feel whole body sweat, eyelid edema disappeared, water is normal. The more believe that zhang zhongjing after the party, actually is the temper of the clinical practice summary, used correctly, will get a good effect.

        At present there are many clinical see unexplained leg swollen bags, face is swollen, swollen, accompanied by love perspire more, these diseases can make use of ephedra soup treatment, but this kind of tend to be stubborn, how has the vital qi deficiency, so need to be treated in a process, in the use of ephedra soup according to specific situation when you need to add some lung, spleen, kidney qi drugs to foster.

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