Formulas for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease belongs to the category of “lung distension” in Chinese medicine, which can be treated with Xiaoqinglong Tang, Yue Maidu Plus Half-summer Tang, San Zi Nourishing Relatives Tang, Lung Tonic Tang and Sijunzi Tang, and other traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. 1. Xiaoqinglong Tang is composed of ephedra, cinnamon sticks, fine pungent ginger, dried ginger, schizandra, and half-summer, etc. It has the effect of relieving the surface and dispersing cold (removing the cold from the surface of the muscle), warming the lungs and transforming the drink (promoting the operation of the stagnant fluid by warming the lungs), and can be used for this disease, which belongs to the syndrome of cold and drink, and the symptoms of this disease include greenish color of the face, coughing and gasping and not being able to lie down, sputum and thinness, and fever with malignant cold (fear of cold). 2. Yue maidservant plus half-summer soup: composed of ephedra, gypsum, half-summer, ginger, etc., with the efficacy of promoting the lungs and clearing away heat, lowering rebelliousness and asthma, can be used for this disease of phlegm-heat and lung depression, symptomatic symptoms include coughing and wheezing and gasping, agitation and fullness of the chest (chest fullness and discomfort), phlegm is yellow or white, thick and difficult to cluck, or the body is hot with slight malignant cold, ulcers are yellow, stools are dry, etc. 3. San Zi Nourishing Relative Soup: composed of white mustard seed, perilla seed, lycopodium, etc., it has the efficacy of warming the lungs and resolving phlegm, lowering the qi and eliminating food, and can be used for the disease of phlegm congestion of the lungs, the symptoms of this disease are coughing and wheezing with much phlegm, white and sticky, shortness of breath and gasping, plumping (distension and discomfort of the stomach), abdominal distension and so on. 4. Tonifying Lung Tang and Sijunzi Tang: Tonifying Lung Tang is composed of ginseng, astragalus, aster, mulberry bark, etc., which can tonify the lungs and benefit the qi and relieve cough and asthma; Sijunzi Tang is composed of ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, poria, etc., which can benefit qi and strengthen the spleen. This formula can be used for this disease belongs to the lung and spleen qi deficiency, symptoms such as cough and wheezing for a long time, sputum, chest tightness and abdominal distension, tiredness and laziness, less food and loose stools (feces thin and not shaped). For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, generally need lifelong treatment, if you want to use traditional Chinese medicine, should also be under the guidance of a physician to identify the doctor’s prescription medication, not blindly self-medication.