How to identify and treat thickened lung texture in Chinese medicine?

Thickening of lung texture is one of the imaging manifestations, which can be seen in acute tracheo-bronchitis, early pneumonia and other diseases. According to its symptoms, it can be categorized as cough in Chinese medicine, which can be treated with traditional Chinese medicines such as Mulberry and Apricot Soup and Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Drink according to the different types of symptoms. Cough can be categorized into exogenous and internal injuries. Exogenous cough can be caused by wind-cold, wind-heat and wind-dryness, while internal injuries can be caused by phlegm-dampness, phlegm-heat, liver-fire, and deficiency of lung-yin (insufficient yin-liquid in the lungs), and so on. 1. Wind-cold attacking the lungs: manifested as coughing with heavy voice, shortness of breath, itchy throat, coughing white thin sputum, often accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, limb aches and pains, malignant cold (fear of cold), fever, no sweating, etc. The treatment is to dispel wind and cold. Treatment for wind dispersal of cold, lung cough, can be used in San’ao Tang and stop cough powder treatment. 2. Wind-heat violates the lungs (wind-heat evils invade the lungs): the evils invade the lung meridians from the mouth and nose, and then travel to the lungs with the meridians, which is mainly manifested as coughing, sticky sputum or yellowish sputum, often accompanied by yellow snot from the nose, fever, malignant wind and thirst, or pain in the throat, etc. The treatment is to dispel wind and clear the cold, and to promote the lungs to stop coughing. The treatment is to remove wind and clear away heat, promote the lungs to stop coughing, and use medicines such as Sang Ju Drink. 3. Wind and dryness injuring the lungs: the symptoms of feeling dryness in the fall and invading the lungs, mainly manifested as dry cough without phlegm, or phlegm viscous, difficult to cough out, or even with blood in the phlegm, chest pain, dryness of the skin, mouth, lips and nose, and fever with a slight aversion to wind and cold, etc. The treatment should be to clear the wind and moisten the lungs. Treatment should be wind clearing the lung, moistening the dryness of the cough, can be used mulberry apricot soup and so on. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, do not blindly self-medication. Thickening of lung texture can be seen in a variety of diseases, if there are symptoms of discomfort, it is recommended to consult a doctor for timely treatment.