Due to the limited effect of tea replacement, not all patients are suitable for taking it. Therefore, patients with poor lung health need to take Chinese herbal tonics under the guidance of a doctor in combination with the specific type of symptoms. For example, lung qi deficiency can be treated with Shengmusan and Lung Tonics; lung yin deficiency (insufficient yin in the lungs) can be treated with Sasanqua and Maidong Soup; and phlegm-heat depressing the lungs can be treated with Qingjin and Phlegm Resolving Soup.
1. Lung qi deficiency: it can be seen by coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing, especially when moving, spitting sputum, low voice, or spontaneous sweating (sweating involuntarily during the day, aggravated by sweating when moving a little), fear of wind, etc., can be used to replenish the Lung Tang with additions and subtractions.
2. Lung Yin deficiency: dry cough with little sputum, or sticky sputum that is not easy to spit out, or sputum with blood, dry mouth and throat, or mute voice, hot flashes of zygomatic redness (reddening of cheeks and zygomatic bones), or night sweating (abnormal sweating after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up), etc., can be used to add and subtract Sha Shen Maidong Tang.
3. Phlegm-heat and lung congestion: coughing and wheezing, chest and ribs distension and fullness, accompanied by body heat, red tongue, yellow moss or yellow greasy, etc., can be used to remove phlegm by adding subtractions to Qingjin Huo Phlegm Tang.
It is recommended that the patient be treated with medication under the guidance of a doctor.