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Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, a very powerful infection.

The 4 symptoms of TB:

                1. cough

                2. cough blood

                3. tidal fever

                4. night sweat

                5. emaciation

Lung Yin deficiency

                P/T – nourish Lung Yin, kill bacteria, relieve cough

Acupuncture Rx – hand taiyin, foot yangming, foot shaoyin, *LU 9 (yuan), *KI 3, LU 1 & BL 13, BL 43, ST 36 & SP 6 (tonify mother)

                                                            - Yin deficiency – KI 6

                                                     - Fire – KI 2, LR 2 (ying-spring)

                                            - Yin and Qi deficiency – BL 20, 21, Ren 6

                                             - Yin and Yang deficiency – Moxa Ren 4

                                                            - cough Phlegm – LU 5

                               - cough blood – LU 6 (xi-cleft), BL 17 (blood influential)

                                                  - tidal fever – LU 5, 10 (purge Fire)

                                                         - night sweat – HT 6, KI 7

Lung Yin deficiency Fire

Lung Jing Luo are damaged, cough blood more, more Dryness and Heat symptoms, tidal fever, afternoon malar flush, T- red geographic

Acupuncture Rx – hand taiyin, foot shaoyin, LU 9 (yuan), LU 1 & BL 13 (mu/shu), KI 3 (Yin), LU 10 (deficiency Heat), LU 6 (xi-cleft, bleeding), HT 6 (night sweats)

Lung Qi and Yin deficiency

                P/T – strengthen Spleen and Lung

                Acupuncture Rx – hand and foot taiyin, moxa, LU 9, BL 13, 43 (Qi), SP 6, ST 36, Ren 17 (regulate Lung Qi)

                                                                         - poor appetite – BL 20, 21

Yin and Yang deficiency

frothy pink bloody sputum, coldness, diarrhea, night and spontaneous sweats,

T- pale geographic, P- rapid empty

P/T – nourish Yin and Yang

Acupuncture Rx – hand taiyin, foot shaoyin and yangming, Moxa, LU 9 (yuan), BL 13, 43, 23, Ren 4, KI 3,

ST 36, Ren 17

Alternative treatment methods

                auricular – LU, SP KI, endocrine, Shenmen, with electro or points injection

                injection – TB points 3.5 cun bilateral to Du 14, and LU 1, BL 13.  Inject B1 and/or antibiotics

application – Wu Bei Zi 60g + Long Gu 15g (powder and mix with warm water and apply to points).  Try Bai Jie Zi on Lung area (antibacterial). Garlic on KI 1 is said to stop coughing blood.

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