How Chinese medicine understands tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is generally regarded as pulmonary tuberculosis, which is called pulmonary consumption in Chinese medicine, mostly due to the loss of positive qi in the acquired body, and the evil infected by consumptive insects. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tuberculosis is caused by an unknown innate nature, and the loss of positive qi in the case of acquired anxiety, labor and fatigue, and prolonged illness as the internal cause, and the infection by consumptive insects, which causes the disease to enter the body by taking advantage of the deficiency. Consumption is located in the lungs, the lung is the main respirator, the gas in the sky, inhale clear and exhale turbid, the lung gas is weak, it is not solid inside and outside, the waterway is not favorable, hoarse, the son stole the mother’s qi, the spleen qi is damaged and tiredness and fatigue, nausea and loose stool (feces thin and unshapely). Lung deficiency and seepage of dampness, kidney deficiency and burnt gold, the upper depletion of the mother’s qi, resulting in bone vapor and damp heat (a burst of heat, feel the heat from the inside of the bone to the outside of the penetration of the heat), menstrual irregularities, lumbago, spermatorrhea, and other symptoms. Patients mainly have symptoms such as coughing, coughing up phlegm and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up), etc. The treatment mainly focuses on killing worms and treating consumption, tonifying the deficiency and cultivating the vitality of the body. In the early stage, it is necessary to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis (to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis in the body), clear heat and dispel phlegm, and in the later stage, it is necessary to support the correctness and replenish qi and blood, and the specific prescription should be based on the doctor’s interview. Consumption is a contagious disease and requires good personal protection during treatment. If you have symptoms, we recommend that you consult a doctor in a timely manner to avoid delaying your condition.