Tongue
Variable — greasy if Phlegm, red sides if Liver
Pulse
Wiry or slippery
Key Symptoms
Lung: cough, wheeze, dyspneaStomach: nausea, vomiting, belching, hiccup, refluxLiver: headache, sudden vomiting, coughing of blood, irritabilityKidney: running-piglet Qi rising from the lower abdomen
Overview
Qi flowing counter to its proper direction. Named by the organ that rebels.
Differentiate from
- Simple Qi Stagnation (distension without a clear wrong-direction symptom)
- Yang Rising (head symptoms with wiry pulse and heat, not necessarily vomit or cough)
Etiology
Liver invading the middle; Phlegm blocking descent; Cold or Heat forcing Qi upward; fright.
Treatment Principle
Descend rebellious Qi; treat the organ and the cause (move Liver, transform Phlegm, warm Cold, or clear Heat).
Representative formulas. Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang (Lung); Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang or Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang (Stomach); Wu Zhu Yu Tang (Liver-Stomach Cold); Ben Tun Tang family (running piglet).
Representative points. REN-17, REN-12, REN-13, ST-19, LU-7, P-6, LIV-3, ST-40.
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