PHARYNGEAL TUBERCULOSIS

Clinical Manifestations
  • Dyspnea
  • Soft, weak cough with clear thin sputum
  • Physical and mental exhaustion
  • Soft, weak voice
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Shortness of breath
  • Unable to rest
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Pale face
  • Low resistance to common cold
  • Tendency to a blocked nose
  • Severe, dry hacking cough
  • No sputum expectorated
  • Small amounts of difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Blood tinged sputum (when Yin Deficiency Fire is present)
  • Afternoon fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush (especially in afternoon)
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Itching in throat
  • Hoarse voice, low voice or loss of voice
  • Emaciation
  • T: Pale or Red and dry
  • C: Thin and white or None
  • P: Weak or Empty or Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforce the Lungs
  • Strengthen Qi
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with little yellow sputum
  • Spitting saliva
  • Wheezing
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dry, uncomfortable sensation in throat
  • Hiccups
  • Dry mouth
  • Coughing up difficult-to-extectorate Phlegm
  • Nausea
  • Scanty urination
  • Hoarseness
  • Thirst
  • Asthma
  • Flushed face
  • Five sole Heat
  • Vomiting
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Deficient and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Benefit the Stomach and Lungs
  • Generate Fluids
  • Descend Qi
  • Harmonize the Middle Jiao
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Unproductive cough or
  • Scanty, sticky phlegm or
  • Sometimes blood-streaked sputum
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Low back and knees sore and weak
  • "Steaming Bone" tidal fever
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush
  • Maybe hoarse voice
  • Maybe pain in shin, foot, and heel
  • Sterility
  • Spermatorrhea
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Moisten the Lungs
  • Reinforce the Kidneys
Herb Formulas
Points