With the development of society, economic take-off, air pollution has also increased, so the respiratory system diseases gradually increased. Especially in winter, the occurrence of asthma is more frequent. How cough and asthma disease occurs, it is in the human body, how the pathologic mechanism? Chinese medicine has no good way to cure? With these questions, the reporter interviewed Cao Yingxiang, a respiratory specialist at Jinan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and asked him to explain the above questions (hereinafter referred to as “JI” and “Cao”). Cao Yingxiang, a respiratory specialist at Jinan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as “Cao” and “Cao”). Cao: Director Cao, coughing and asthma patients have been more recently, can you briefly and succinctly explain why people get coughing and asthma? Chinese medicine for this type of disease is how to recognize? Cao: Chinese medicine believes that there are many factors that can cause cough and asthma, such as the six elements of qi (wind, cold, summer, dampness, dryness and fire), emotional (joy, anger, worry, thoughts, sadness, fear and shock), improper diet, and other diseases that affect the lungs, all of which can lead to cough and asthma. But external causes always work through internal causes. This is mainly caused by the patient’s own internal organs and tissues out of balance. The theory of “Heaven and Man” and the “holistic view” of the human body are the most basic theories of Chinese medicine. Since ancient times, human beings have been closely connected with nature, the earth’s celestial body is a large universe, and human beings are a small universe. The centrifugal force and centripetal force between the stars in the universe are equal, so that the stars are in a balanced state of motion. Even the most powerful creatures in nature have natural enemies; more wolves won’t do, and more sheep won’t do either. If the climate is too hot or too cold, and the weather changes abnormally, there will be disasters. Nature needs balance, people as an organic whole, also need balance. For example, the human surface, up and down, before and after, yin and yang, especially the internal organs out of balance will be sick. Cough and asthma is the main symptom of respiratory diseases, the lungs are evil is the key to cough and asthma. Chinese medicine believes that the lungs, the main gas, the Division of breathing, the outer skin and hair, for the five viscera and six bowels of the Huagai, on the throat, the opening in the nose, directly connected to the outside world. So regardless of external, internal injuries, so that the lungs are evil, the lungs of the Xuanfa, purge and descend abnormally, resulting in a loss of balance of the internal organs, coughing and asthma occurred. Remember: Since the body’s internal organs out of balance, cough and asthma, then how to balance the internal organs of traditional Chinese medicine? What is the balance method? Cao: balancing the function of the internal organs is an important method of Chinese medicine treatment of asthma. As you know, the five elements is the philosophical basis of Chinese medicine. Do as each of the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, both have each other nourishing, growth, promote one side, but also have each other restrain, constraints, inhibit the other side, so as to maintain things in a state of equilibrium. Chinese medicine the body’s five organs, six internal organs, tendons, veins, flesh, skin, bone and all the tissues and organs are divided into five systems, namely, the five viscera: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys. Each organ is represented by one of the five elements: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. This is the theoretical basis for the treatment of asthma and cough according to the theory of “five elements” to regulate the balance of the “five organs”. The “balancing method” is simply to remove the real and replenish the deficiency. Clear diarrhea, inhibit the strength of an organ, so that it can not hold the strong over the weak; complementary deficiency, to support the weakness of an organ, so that it will not be weak and other organs deceived. Note: Can you tell us specifically how the “Balance Method” treats asthma? Cough and asthma can be cured? Cao: Once a person suffers from coughing and asthma, is not only caused by a single organ, is an imbalance of a number of internal organs and the birth of. Ancient people in more than two thousand years ago, in the classic work of traditional Chinese medicine “Nei Jing” said “five organs and six bowels are people cough, not only the lungs also.” Therefore, treatment should be based on a holistic approach. Sometimes all five organs need to be taken into account, most of the two organs to harmonize, the most common clinical have the following three treatments. 1, lung solid kidney deficiency. It is an imbalance between the upper and lower parts of the body, also known as the upper solid and lower deficiency, which is called “gold does not produce water” in Chinese medicine. The upper solid is the solid lung qi, its performance is mostly cough or wheezing, dry throat and thirst, high voice and thick air, thirst and spit yellow or white thick phlegm and other qi solid phlegm heat symptoms. In addition, there is lumbar pain and tinnitus, fear of cold and cold limbs, heavy and weak lower limbs, cough and wheeze aggravated by activities and other manifestations of kidney deficiency and cold. Balance method of treatment that is diarrhea of the lungs and tonifying the kidneys, the formula with suzi descending qi soup flavored, so that the lungs and kidneys of the two organs of the balance of the gas, cough and asthma will be cured, the other corresponding symptoms should be disappeared. 2, Liver and lung deficiency. It is an imbalance between left and right, also known as liver qi offending the lungs, which is called “wood against gold” or “wood knocking on gold” in Five Elements theory. Clinical manifestations are coughing and shortness of breath, paroxysmal attacks, little sputum or dry cough without sputum, sometimes with blood in the sputum. In addition to the lung manifestations mentioned above, there are also symptoms of pain in the two hypochondriacs, red face and dryness, irritability, stringy pulse, yellow moss and solid or hot liver qi. The treatment is to suppress the liver and regulate the lungs, clearing the fire of the liver and suppressing the qi of the liver, so that it does not violate the gold of the lungs, and the two organs are balanced, so that the bell does not ring. For cough, add and subtract Dai Clam San and Longdian Diarrhea Liver Tang, and for wheezing, season with Sen Ochre Zhenqi Tang. 3. Lung solid and Liver deficiency. It also belongs to the imbalance between left and right, which is called “gold multiplying wood” in Chinese medicine. This type also occurs in clinic, in addition to the coughing and wheezing manifestation of lung qi solid, the patient also has liver and gallbladder qi deficiency, such as timid and fearful of things, the heart is vigilant and uneasy, and in case of trouble, the patient looks forward and backward, fearing that something bad will happen. Some patients also have lumbago and lumbar pain, sleep less and dream more, but most of them have a good appetite. The pulse is twice as strong on the right as on the left. The treatment for this type is to diarrhea the lungs and support the liver. Cough with diarrhea white powder, clear gold diarrhea lung soup plus subtractions; wheezing with thick park ephedra soup plus angelica, yam meat, Sichuan Xuijian, Chinese wolfberry and so on. The old saying “Exhale the heart and lungs, inhale the liver and kidneys, between the breath, the spleen and stomach.” Coughing and wheezing is caused by the imbalance of multiple internal organs. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, but the “balance method” is a method of treatment, is the most scientific method of treatment of cough and asthma, it is not only treating the symptoms, but also treating the root cause. If the internal organs are balanced, most of the cough and asthma can be cured. Only the “old slow branch”, emphysema, asthma treatment is slow and difficult, can take the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, urgent treatment of the symptoms, slow treatment of the root. As long as you follow the “balanced approach” to treatment, coupled with dietary restraint, regularity of living and proper exercise, there will be a fundamental improvement.