Application of Xiao Qing Long Tang for the treatment of chronic pharyngitis

  Li Moumou, male, 90 years old, military cadre, was first diagnosed on March 17, 2006. Suffering from chronic pharyngitis for 5 years, he often coughs up clear sputum and saliva, frequently and constantly, urinates 7-8 times at night, must cough up clear sputum every time he wakes up to urinate, and is treated at the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army and many hospitals, taking Chinese and Western medicines are ineffective. At the time of consultation, he immediately coughs up a lot of clear sputum on the handkerchief. The tongue is dark red, the coating is thin and yellow, and the pulse is stringent and slippery. He was given Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang combined with Xuan Mai Gan Orange Tang and Shan Ci mushroom. 7 doses were taken with water decoction, 1 dose daily.  On the second consultation on March 24, 2006, the patient complained that the medication was ineffective and he still kept coughing up clear and thin sputum, with the same tongue and pulse as before. He was treated with a combination of Six Jun Zi Tang and Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang. 7 doses in water.  On the third consultation on March 31, 2006, he still frequently coughs and vomits clear and thin phlegm continuously, and his tongue and pulse are as before. He added dried ginger, horseradish, wu wei zi, hai fu shi and alum to the formula for strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm. 7 doses were taken with water.  On the fourth consultation on April 7, 2006, the patient complained that the medicine was still ineffective and the tongue and pulse were as before. So he changed to Xiao Qing Long Tang with Pieces of Pith and Poria.  The prescription: ephedra 9, cinnamon branch 12, hosanna 3, ginger 12, schisandra 10, white peony 12, foxglove 12, licorice 6, poria 20, slices of P.E. 9 (first down). 7 doses, decoction. April 10, the health care doctor told by phone, after taking 3 doses of the drug sputum decreased by about 30%, but there is diarrhea, asked whether the drug is the cause, the answer is not the side effects of this drug, but due to digestive disorders.  On April 14, 2006, the fifth consultation, complained that sputum had been reduced by half after the medicine, the consultation for more than half an hour, not a mouthful of sputum, dry mouth. The medicine has been in the, above reduce its system, add sage, maitong.  The prescription: ephedra 6, fine spice 3, dry ginger 9, schisandra 10, white peony 12, France 9, licorice 6, poria 20, sliced 9 (first down), sage 15, maitong 15. because to go to the PLA General Hospital for a comprehensive medical examination, can not come to the clinic, prescribed 14 doses, 1 dose daily, water decoction.