Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Pulmonary Nodules

Radix Bupleuri, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Curcumae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Curcumae, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Herba Scutellariae Barbatae, Radix Actinidiae Cirrhosae, Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae, Fructus Corni, Semen Cuscutae, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Semen Platycladi and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata.

Efficacy: soothing the liver and relieving depression, promoting qi and relieving depression.

Applicable syndrome type: liver depression and yin deficiency syndrome

Chaihu Shugan Powder, which comes from the prescription of General Medicine, is a qi-regulating agent and is mainly used to treat liver depression and qi stagnation.

Main symptoms: hypochondriac swelling and pain, depression and irritability, chest tightness and abdominal distension, frequent belching, and thready pulse. It is a representative prescription for soothing the liver and promoting qi.

Bupleurum root can penetrate evil, raise yang and relieve depression, white peony root can benefit yin and nourish blood, and combine Bupleurum root to soothe liver and regulate spleen, so that evil can relieve depression and regulate qi and blood; Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata can tonify qi and tonify middle energizer;

Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Cyperi and Radix Curcumae are added to enhance the effects of promoting qi circulation, soothing liver, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Curcumae Rhizoma and Angelica sinensis promote blood circulation and qi circulation. Nourishing lung and yin for Radix Rehmanniae and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae. Scutellaria barbata, Hedyotis diffusa and rattan pear root are selected to detoxify and reduce swelling. Cornus officinalis and dodder tonify liver and kidney. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Semen Platycladi nourish the heart and soothe the nerves.

There is no "lung nodule" in traditional Chinese medicine, and modern medicine thinks that this disease can be classified as "cough", "asthma" and "phlegm nucleus".

The disease is located in the lung and involves the spleen and kidney. Its basic pathogenesis is qi deficiency and phlegm and blood stasis blocking lung collaterals.

Factors such as exogenous six evils, injury from work and rest, improper diet, and internal injury of seven emotions can all lead to qi stagnation and water stagnation, which will hinder qi movement for a long time, and water and dampness will not gather into phlegm, and phlegm and qi will gather together for a long time, which will lead to blood stasis, invading the lung and chest from the outside, and phlegm and blood stasis will block the lung collaterals, resulting in stagnation.

The disease also involves the liver. The syndrome of this disease belongs to deficiency in essence and excess in substance. Its pathogenesis is characterized by qi stagnation and blood stasis, and phlegm and toxin are abundant. According to the difference of qi stagnation and blood stasis and phlegm coagulation, the methods of promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis, resolving phlegm and detoxifying are adopted.