Chinese herbal formulas for treating pulmonary tuberculosis include Yuehua Pill, Lily Solid Gold Soup, Gentiana Macrophyllae Tetrapodialis, Baozhen Soup, Ginseng Ling Baijutsu San, and Tonic Sky Dazao Pill.
Tuberculosis is known as consumption in Chinese medicine. Depending on the condition, pulmonary tuberculosis is categorized into lung yin deficiency type, deficiency fire burning lung type, qi and yin depletion type, and yin and yang deficiency type, etc. Different types of tuberculosis need to be treated with different formulas and medicines.
Lung yin deficiency type of tuberculosis is treated by nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and can be treated with Yuehua Pill with additions and subtractions; deficiency fire type of tuberculosis is treated by nourishing yin and lowering the fire, and can be treated with Hundred Lilies and Solid Gold Soup combined with Gentiana Gentiles and Tetrapanaxa with additions and subtractions.
The treatment of qi and yin depletion type of tuberculosis is based on the principle of nourishing qi and nourishing yin, and can be treated with Baochen Tang or Senling Baijushu San, plus or minus; the treatment of yin and yang deficiency type of tuberculosis is based on the principle of nourishing yin and nourishing yang, and can be treated with Tiantian Dazao Pill, plus or minus.
Patients with tuberculosis are advised to consult a hospital in time and choose the corresponding treatment plan under the guidance of a professional physician, and not to blindly use medication on their own to avoid delaying their condition.