Abstract

Understanding the TCM Role of Liver in the Treatment of Cough

Highlights

  • Pathological mucus or foreign irritants are cleared out of the airways in the lung disorders with the protective action coughing when the lung is contracted with the infections

  • The pathological classifications of diseases in the Western medicine are not generally followed by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physicians and acupuncturists, but they strictly depend on the patterns developed with the Yin- Yang balance, Qi-Blood, and the meridian theory [5]

  • It is stated that “Five Zang organs and six Fu organs make people cough, in addition to Lung.” in the 38th Chapter On cough of the volume Su Wen (Essential Questions) of the Huang-Di-NeiJing (Essential Questions of Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic). This warning suggests that a TCM practitioner and an acupuncturist must consider the relationship of the other organs in treating cough based on the Five Elements theory to gain the whole picture of the etiology

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Introduction

Pathological mucus or foreign irritants are cleared out of the airways in the lung disorders with the protective action coughing when the lung is contracted with the infections. The pathological classifications of diseases in the Western medicine are not generally followed by TCM physicians and acupuncturists, but they strictly depend on the patterns developed with the Yin- Yang balance, Qi-Blood, and the meridian theory [5]. Essence, and fluids, Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lung, and Kidney are five Ying Zang organs that co-work through the meridian systems with the six Fu Yang organs Gall Bladder, Large Intestine, Stomach, Small Intestine, Sanjiao, and Bladder to connect all the body systems. It is stated that “Five Zang organs and six Fu organs make people cough, in addition to Lung.” in the 38th Chapter On cough of the volume Su Wen (Essential Questions) of the Huang-Di-NeiJing (Essential Questions of Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic) This warning suggests that a TCM practitioner and an acupuncturist must consider the relationship of the other organs in treating cough based on the Five Elements theory to gain the whole picture of the etiology.

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