What are the methods of treating chronic bronchitis in traditional Chinese medicine?

① Wind-cold attacking the lung: severe cough, or shortness of breath, thin and white expectoration, headache, aversion to cold, fever and no sweat, thin and white tongue coating and tight pulse. Treatment should be dispersing lung, dispelling cold, relieving cough and asthma.

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② Wind-heat invading the lungs: severe cough, thick breath or hoarseness, yellow and sticky phlegm, sore throat, or aversion to cold and fever, headache and limb pain, thin and yellow tongue coating, and floating or slippery pulse. It is advisable to dispel wind and clear heat, and to disperse lung and phlegm.

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③ Exterior cold and internal heat: cough and wheezing, sticky expectoration, aversion to cold and fever, boredom, body aches and thirst, red tongue, thin white or yellow fur, and slippery pulse. Treatment should be dispersing lung, clearing heat, relieving cough and asthma.

Chinese patent medicine: Shema oral liquid.

④ Phlegm heat accumulating in lung: cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, yellow phlegm, fullness in chest and hypochondrium, vexation and thirst, constipation, red urine, sweating due to body heat, red tongue with yellow greasy coating and slippery pulse. Treatment should clear lung, eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and asthma.

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⑤ Phlegm blocking lung: cough and wheezing, chest tightness, sticky phlegm, chest tightness, anorexia and nausea, white and greasy tongue coating and slippery pulse. Treatment should be spleen-strengthening and dampness-drying, qi-lowering and phlegm-resolving.

Chinese patent medicine: Chen Er Pill.

⑥ Cough and asthma due to lung deficiency: low cough sound, shortness of breath, timidity, thin expectoration, spontaneous sweating and fear of wind, or choking and less sticky, hot mouth, red face, red tongue, less peeling of fur and weak pulse. The treatment should be nourishing qi and yin, relieving asthma, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

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⑦ Cough and asthma due to kidney deficiency: cough and asthma lasts for a long time, with heavy breath during exercise, emaciation and fatigue, chills and sweating in limbs, bluish complexion, pale tongue with white fur, heavy and thin pulse, or asthma and cough, red and fidgety face, dry mouth, red tongue with little fur and weak pulse. It is advisable to tonify kidney and qi.

Chinese patent medicines: Jinkui Shenqi Pill and Maiwei Dihuang Pill.