Which of the two should be treated first depends on the severity of the disease and cannot be generalized.
Chinese medicine believes that for complex diseases, the law of “treating the symptom when it is urgent, treating the root when it is slow, and treating both the symptom and the root” is adopted. The disease is gentle, the condition is slow, the first treatment of the root, the disease is cured and the standard disease since the elimination. If the disease is critical, treat the symptom first, and then treat the underlying disease after the symptom is relieved.
If the disease is mild, with lung qi insufficiency, manifesting as short qi and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), low and timid voice, weak cough, clear and thin sputum, cold and hot at times, easy to catch cold in general, and a white face. Treat with Lung tonic soup.
If the disease is mild, with Kidney-Qi deficiency as the main cause, manifesting as mental fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, frequent and clear urination, and scanty leucorrhea. Treatment is with Great Tonic Yuan Decoction.
If the condition is critical and the lungs and kidneys are deficient in qi, manifesting as shallow and short breathing, low and timid coughing, chest fullness (chest distension and discomfort), shortness of breath, or even opening the mouth and lifting the shoulders, not being able to lie down, coughing, sputum like white foam, coughing and vomiting, panicking, cold sweating, and dark complexion. Treatment: tonifying deficiency soup combined with ginseng and clam powder.
If there is any related condition, it is recommended to be treated under the guidance of a professional physician, and not blindly self-medication.