Treatment of Pulmonary Nodules from"Cold Phlegm"
- VernacularTitle:从"寒痰"论治肺结节
- Author:
Dandan REN
1
;
Weihong LI
;
Shangbin LYU
;
Zhaoliang LUO
;
Jiexin WANG
;
Jialiang LI
;
Zhihui ZHAO
Author Information
- Keywords: Lung nodule; Cold phlegm; Warming Yang to expel coldness; Eliminate phlegm and soften hard mass
- From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;25(10):3322-3327
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: The symptoms of pulmonary nodules are insidious,with inflammatory nodules,inflammatory granuloma,early invasive cancer and lung cancer,and the clinical differential diagnosis is still difficult.Regular CT follow-up observation of most pulmonary nodules provides a"window period"for TCM Intervention in pulmonary nodules.From the aspects of external cold attacking the lung,dense cold and humid geographical environment,cold diet,summer air conditioning,etc.,this paper considers that the soaking of cold pathogenic factors is the basic cause of the formation of pulmonary nodules,and cold phlegm are the basic pathogenesis of pulmonary nodules.The clinical manifestations of cold phlegm in pulmonary nodules are summarized from the two actual situations that can be distinguished from clinical symptoms and no symptoms.It is proposed that Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Decoction and Sanzi Yangqin decoction are the basic formulas,Discussion on the treatment of pulmonary nodules by warming yang and dispelling cold to cure the root cause,eliminating phlegm and softening hard mass to treat the symptoms;Improve the ability of TCM diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary nodules.
