There is no herbal remedy that can cure chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which belongs to the category of “lung distension” in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM treatment for COPD requires evidence-based treatment, such as Xiaoqinglong Tang, Suzi Descending Qi Soup with Sanzi Nourishing Relatives Soup, Sangbaekpi Soup, Zhenwu Soup with Wuling San, etc. The treatment is suitable for those who have coughing, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, coughing and sputum.
1. Xiaoqinglong Tang is composed of ephedra, cinnamon sticks, dry ginger, fine pungent, half-summer, etc. It is suitable for the symptoms of external cold and internal drinking, coughing, asthma, shortness of breath, coughing sputum, white sparse, foamy, chest fullness, cold (fear of cold), body aches and pains, or have a dry mouth and do not want to drink, greenish-dark complexion and so on.
2. Su Zi Descending Qi Tang and San Zi Nourishing Kin Tang: composed of Su Zi, Su Ye, Han Xia, Angelica Sinensis, Qian Hu, Hou Pu, Cinnamon, etc. It is suitable for slow obstructive pulmonary disease with phlegm congestion type, which manifests as coughing and sputum, which is white and slimy or foamy in color, shortness of breath and wheezing, getting stuck after a little exertion, fearing of wind and sweating, epigastric plumpness with little energy, tiredness and fatigue.
3. Sangbaipi Tang: composed of Sangbaipi, Pinellia ternata, Su Zi, Almond, Pei Mu, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. It is suitable for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with phlegm-heat and lung congestion type, which manifests as coughing, shortness of breath, tightness and distension of the chest, coughing with abundant and yellowish sputum, or even with bloody sputum, tightness of the chest and irritability, thirst, feeling comfortable to drink cold water, and redness of the face.
4. Zhenwu Tang and Wu Ling San: by the cannon, atractylodes, Poria, peony, ze diarrhea, etc. Composition, suitable for Yang deficiency water flooding type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, manifested in the face float, lower extremity swelling, or even a full body swollen, epigastric plumpness and abdominal distension, or fullness of the abdomen and water, urination, palpitations, coughing, can not lie down, coughing sputum, fear of cold, face and lips, such as cyanosis.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, to identify the evidence and use of medication.