What are the pathogenic characteristics of phlegm?

Phlegm drink (water metabolism disorders in the formation of pathological products) pathogenic characteristics are mainly manifested in the blockage of qi and blood operation, affecting the water metabolism, easy to blind the mind and the disease is widespread, varied and so on. 1. Blockage of qi and blood operation: phlegm drink for the real evil, and can be popular with the human body qi throughout the body, or stagnation in the meridians, or stagnation in the internal organs, easy to block the qi, impede the operation of qi and blood. 2. Influence the water metabolism: phlegm is a pathological product formed by water metabolism disorders in the human body, but can act as a secondary pathogenic factors in turn on the human body, further affecting the lungs, spleen, kidneys, etc., the function of transporting water and dampness, thus affecting the water metabolism. 3. Easily obscures the mind and spirit: phlegm and drink are turbid and pure, so phlegm and turbidity is a disease that can easily obscure the clear orifices (the 7 orifices of the mouth, eyes, nose and ears) and disturb the mind and spirit if it is upwardly reversed with the qi, which results in dizziness, dysphoria, delirium and delirium and other manifestations. 4. Wide range of disease-causing, variable: phlegm and drink watery, wandering unguarded, outside the skin, sinews and bones, meridians and channels, internal organs, the whole body, everywhere, nowhere, and the location of the disease is different, the symptoms are different, thus producing a variety of complex lesions. The formation of phlegm is mainly associated with dietary disorders, cold and dampness, weakness of yang qi, resulting in malfunctioning of the lungs, spleen and kidneys, and its treatment should be carried out under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis, the appearance of the above symptoms suggest timely medical treatment, do not delay the condition.