The difference between dampness disease, phlegm-yin disease and water-qi disease

The pathogenic factors of dampness disease are in the muscles and joints. The main symptoms are fever, heavy body and joint pain. The cause of the disease is mainly due to insufficient Yang Qi, exogenous dampness, or combined with wind and cold, which invades the muscle surface and flows into the joints. In treatment, pay attention to consolidating and protecting Yang Qi while sweating slightly. Prescriptions include Mahuang Jiazhu Decoction, Maxing Yigan Decoction, Fangji Huangqi Decoction, Guizhi Aconite Decoction, Ginger Aconite Decoction, Licorice Aconite Decoction, etc.

Phlegm syndrome can be divided into broad and narrow senses. In a broad sense, phlegm-yip disease can be divided into phlegm-yip, hanging-yip, overflowing-yin, and branched-yin. In the narrow sense, phlegm syndrome refers to the disease caused by water retention in the intestines and stomach. The water for hanging drinks is stopped under the ribs, the water for overflowing drinks is stopped for the muscles of the limbs, and the water for branch drinks is stopped at the chest and diaphragm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that thick and turbid water is phlegm, and thin water is drink. The disease is caused by the decline of Yang Qi and the water stops gathering local organs and meridians in the body. The treatment principle is: "Those with phlegm and drink should use warm medicine." And it”. The main prescriptions include Linggui Zhugan Decoction, Wuling Powder, Xiao Banxia Decoction, Jijiao Lihuang Pills, Alisma Decoction, etc.

Water-qi disease is edema disease. Water-qi disease is divided into Feng Shui, skin water, Zheng Shui, stone water and yellow sweat. Feng Shui manifests as aversion to wind, joint pain, aversion to wind, and floating pulse; skin water manifests as swollen feet and abdomen, with no finger when pressing, no aversion to wind, no thirst, and floating pulse; positive water manifests as swollen abdomen Fullness, shortness of breath, and slow pulse; stone water manifests as hard and distended lower abdomen as stone, no breathing, and slow pulse; yellow sweat manifests as fever, chest fullness, swelling of limbs, head, and face, long course of disease, and slow pulse. The causes are wind, water, dampness and heat. The pathogenesis is the decline of Yang Qi and the inability to dissolve water; the treatment principle is to induce sweating, diuresis, attack the water evil, and warm the Yang Qi. The prescription is flexible and changeable according to the treatment principle.