Chuanbei can assist in eliminating phlegm-heat congested lung nodules and improving their uncomfortable symptoms, but it should be applied in accordance with medical advice.
According to Chinese medicine, the formation of lung nodules is mostly due to the accumulation of phlegm and stagnation in the lungs, and treatment requires clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and dispersing nodules.
Chuanbei is a common drug used in the treatment of lung diseases, its flavor is bitter, sweet, slightly cold in nature, attributed to the lung, heart meridian, has a better clearing of heat and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs to stop coughing, dispersing knots and eliminating canker sores (evacuation of nodules, elimination of canker sores and poisons) efficacy.
It is mostly used in the treatment of cough and phlegm due to lung heat, treatment of scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), gall tumors (equivalent to thyroid tumors), carbuncle (redness, swelling and pain in breasts, poor milk discharge, and ultimately the formation of suppurative diseases), sores and ulcers, etc. It is also used as an adjunctive treatment for lung nodules. It can also be used as an adjunctive treatment for lung nodules.
But for the treatment of lung nodules only rely on Chuanbei is not enough, clinically often with ephedra, almonds, half-summer, panax notoginseng, etc., to enhance the efficacy of dispersal of nodules, the specific use of medication also need to be guided by a physician.