3.    Wheezing (Xiao Zheng)

Definition: 
Breathing difficulty with whistling sound

Relevant diseases of western medicine:
Asthma
Asthmatic bronchitis
Asthmatic pulmonary eosinophilia

World Asthma Day: May 3, 2000
7% to 10% of children in the United States have asthma

Etiology
1. Exterior pathogens:  wind-heat or wind-cold
2. Improper diet
3. Emotion
4. Deficiency or post-illness

Pathogenesis
1. Phlegm obstructs the airway
2. Lung
3. Spleen
4. Kidney

Differentiation and Treatment

1. Acute phase

1. Cold pattern
          Warm the lung, disperse cold, transform phlegm and calm wheezing
          She gan ma huang tang 
          She gan, Ma huang, Gan Jiang, Xi xin, Zi Wuan, Kuan dong hua, Ban xia, Wu wei zi
          Acupuncture:  CV22, PC 6, Ding Chuan, LU 7, LI 4

2. Heat pattern
                Ding chuan tang
  Ma huang, Huang qin, Sang ba pi, Xing ren, Ban xia, Kuan dong hua, Su zi, Bai guo
                Acupuncture:  CV 22, PC 6, Ding Chuan, LU5, ST 40. LU 6

2. Remission phase

1. Lung deficiency
          Yu ping feng san
          Huang qi, Bai zhu, Fang feng
          BL 13, Lu 9, ST 36,

2. Spleen deficiency
          Liu jun zi tang
          Dang shen, fu ling, Bai zhu, Gan cao, Chen pi, Ban xia
          BL 13, Lu 9, ST 36, BL20, LU9, CV12 Zhong wan

3. Kidney deficiency
           Jin gui shen qi wan
           Liu wei di huang wan + Gui zhi, Fu zi
           Qi wei du qi wan
           Liu wei di huang wan + Wu wei zi
           BL 13, Lu 9, ST 36, BL 23, CV4