Tongue
Dry, thin coat
Pulse
Floating, thin
Key Symptoms
Dry cough of sudden onsetDry nose and throat; little sputumSlight fever and aversion to windDry lips
Overview
Exterior Dryness riding on Wind, usually in autumn.
Differentiate from
- Wind-Heat (sore throat, yellow sputum, more fever)
- Lung Yin xu (no exterior signs, longer course)
Treatment Principle
Release the exterior; moisten Dryness; descend Lung Qi.
Representative formulas. Sang Xing Tang; Xing Su San if the Dryness is cool.
Representative points. LU-7, LI-4, BL-12, GB-20, KI-6.
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