In TCM, pleural effusion is diagnosed as “hanging fluid”, and there is no so-called nemesis Chinese medicine, but only a prescription and medication based on symptoms and evidence to improve the symptoms or reduce the effusion.
According to the symptoms, there are two types of fluid retention: the “Evil in the Chest” syndrome, the “Drinking in the Chest” syndrome, the “Liaoqi disharmony” syndrome, and the “Yin deficiency and internal heat” syndrome.
For signs of evil attacking the chest and hypochondrium, Chai Hovenia and Half-summer Tang can be used to relieve and clear the symptoms; for signs of drinking stopping at the chest and hypochondrium, Control Salivary Dan can be used to expel the lungs and dispel the drinking; for signs of disharmony of the channels and qi, Fragrant Parsley Flower can be used to regulate the qi and the channels and qi; and for signs of yin deficiency and internal heat, Sasanqua and Maitong Tang can be used to nourish yin and clear away heat by combining with Allium sativum. Adverse effects or contraindications of the above drugs are not clear, need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
Treatment of pleural effusion should first complete the relevant examinations to clarify the cause of the disease and diagnosis, and then according to the cause of the treatment should be given, should be a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, do not recommend the use of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of pleural effusion.