Through dietary therapy is not effective in clearing lung heat down the lung fire, lung fire is divided into lung fire and lung fire, the doctor will be based on the patient’s specific situation, such as drug treatment.
1. Lung solid fire: patients mainly manifested as dry cough without sputum or sputum thick yellow, sore throat, dry stools, etc., tongue red or dry, moss yellow. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply diarrhea white powder and other prescription drugs plus reduction, commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, including mulberry white bark, bone skin, round-grained rice, licorice and so on. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Niu Huang Qing Lung Pill.
2. Lung deficiency fire: the patient mainly manifests as sputum thinning and clear color, hot flashes and night sweating, hot hands and feet, insomnia, etc. The tongue is tender and red, with little moss. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply the formula of Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang with additions and subtractions, commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Sha Shen, Mai Dong, Jade Bamboo, Smallpox Pollen, Mulberry Leaf and so on. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lung Pills.
Patients with lung fire should maintain a regular routine, a good state of mind, and emphasize outdoor aerobic exercise, etc., in order to facilitate better therapeutic effects, alleviate or control symptoms, and promote recovery.
Patients should follow the doctor’s instructions, and should not blindly treat themselves to avoid delaying the condition or causing adverse reactions.