cough

Lung yin deficiency
- Symptoms- a dry, persistent cough that starts during the second trimester and is worse in the evenings, a dry throat, thirst with desire to drink in small sips, 5-palm heat. Tongue: without coating and cracked: the body may be red if there is empty heat or normal if there is no empty heat. Pulse: floating-empty or fine-rapid

Phlegm-Fire in the lungs
- Symptoms- cough that is productive of yellow sputum, a feeling of oppression of the chest. Tongue: swollen with sticky-yellow coating. Pulse: slippery and rapid

Kidneys not grasping the Qi
- Symptoms: chronic cough, no force in expectorating phlegm, chest oppression, shortness of breath, tinnitus, frequent urination, low back ache. Tongue: pale body, thin coating. Pulse: wiry, slippery

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