Pneumococcal pneumonia which is termed Heat Disease in traditional Chinese medicine and is divided into three types.
The wei (defense) phase of the lung. The clinical features at early stages are chills and fever, thirst, perspiration, cough and headache with thin white or yellowish coating of the tongue and superficial and rapid pulse.
The general rule of treatment is to use drugs with cold property to treat external symptom complex.
The best formula is Yin Xiao San Jia Jian.
Constituents:
Honeysuckle flower 15-30g
Weeping forsythia 15-30g
Bamboo leaves 10g
Schizonepeta tenuifolia 12g
Achene of great burdock 10g
Peppermint 10g
Common reed rhizome 30g
Root of balloonflower 12g
Root of Zhejiang figwort 15-30g
Tuber or dwarf lilyturf 18g
Fresh or dried root of rehmannia 18g
Gypsum 30-60g
Licorice root 6g
Decoction and dosage. All the above herbs make a dose and six to ten doses are prescribed with one dose daily. Each dose is simmered twice and then the broth of each mixed, half of the mixed broth each time, twice a day.
Excessive heat type. The chief symptoms of the pathologic manifestations of extreme excesses of internal heat are high fever, anxiety, profuse sweating, thirst, flushed face, deep coloured urine, constipation, cough and yellowish and dry coating of the tongue, and full and large pulse.
The general rule of treatment with Chinese herbal decoction is to purify the Qi with pungent and cold drugs.
The formula of first choice is Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang Jia Jian.
Constituents:
Chinese ephedra 10g
Apricot kernel 12g
Gypsum 30-60g
Root-bark of white mulberry 30g
Root of purple-flowered peucedanm 15g
Tatarian aster 24g
Common coltsfoot flower 10g
Tendril-leaved fritillary bulb 10g
Cordate houttuynia 30-60g
Skullcap (root) 10g
Decoction and dosage is the same.
Suppurative infections of the lungs. Patients with this type of disorder have suppuration, cough and foul-smelling of the sputum. He may or may not have high fever. Yellow coating of the tongue and large full pulse are present.
The general rule for treatment with Chinese herbal decoction is to dissipate heat and to detoxify the lung.
The effective formula is Qie Jing Wei Jing Tang.
Constituents:
Common reed rhizom 30g
Cordate houttuynia 30-60g
Skullcap (root) 10g
Root-bark of white mulberry 30g
Apricot kernel 12g
Root of purple-flowered peucedanum 15g
Root of balloonflower 12-15g
Chinese goldthread (rhizome) 6-10g
Dandelio 30g
Herba patrinia 30gPeach kernel 12g
Sargentgloryvine stem 30g
Mother chrysanthemum 15g ,,
Decoction and dosage is the same.Antibacterial therapy is more effective than herbal therapy, but when combined, the result would be far more satisfactory than that of either of the two.
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