Ang Akupuntura para sa Asthma

One, Diagnosis
1. Wind-Cold Type
Main symptoms: Cough with thin phlegm, rapid breathing, wheezing in the throat, accompanied by fever, chills, headache, no sweating early on, no thirst, white tongue coating, floating tight pulse.
2. Phlegm-Heat Type
Main symptoms: Rapid and short breathing, loud and coarse breath, yellow sticky cough, chest tightness, fever, restlessness, dry mouth, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery rapid pulse.
3. Lung Deficiency
Main symptoms: Rapid breathing, weak voice, weak cough, spontaneous sweating, pale tongue, weak pulse.
4. Kidney Deficiency
Main symptoms: Long-standing shortness of breath, worsened by exertion, wheezing in the throat, mouth open and shoulders raised, shortness of breath, fatigue, sweating, cold limbs, pale tongue, deep fine pulse.
Two, Treatment
1. Wind-Cold Type
Prescription: Feishu (BL13), Fengmen (BL12), Dazhui (GV14), Lieque (LU7), Hegu (LI4). Use draining method with moxibustion to dispel wind-cold and relieve asthma.
2. Phlegm-Heat Type
Prescription: Feishu (BL13), Dingchuan (EX-B1), Tiantu (CV22), Chize (LU5), Fenglong (ST40). Use draining method to clear heat, resolve phlegm, and relieve asthma.
3. Lung Deficiency
Prescription: Feishu (BL13), Taiyuan (LU9), Zusanli (ST36), Taibai (SP3). Use tonifying method or combine with moxibustion to tonify lung qi.
4. Kidney Deficiency
Prescription: Taixi (KI3), Shenshu (BL23), Feishu (BL13), Zhongfu (CV17), Qihai (CV6). Apply tonifying method or combine with moxibustion to tonify kidney and anchor qi. Add Shenzhu (GV12), Gao Huangshu (BL43) for persistent asthma; add Zhongwan (CV12), Pishu (BL20) for spleen deficiency.
This condition includes bronchial asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, obstructive emphysema, and other diseases presenting with rapid breathing.