Summary of Professor Wang Youpeng's experience in treating asthma of children in cold regions based on syndrome differentiation
This article summarizes Professor Wang Youpeng's experience in treating asthma of children in cold regions based on syndrome differentiation,and believes that asthma should be divided into attack period,remission period,and recovery period.It is an important external cause of asthma attack in cold regions that yang qi is blocked and damaged due to the invasion of cold pathogens,and the internal cause of asthma attack is phlegm-turbid accumulation,damp heat constitution runs through asthma disease all the time.Asthma attacks caused by the invasion of cold pathogens are manifested as asthma of exterior excess and asthma of exterior deficiency.By the warming method,Xiaoqinglong Decoction,self-made Shegan Dingchuan Decoction,and Guizhi Plus Houpu Xingzi Decoction are applied to the attack stage to eliminate pathogenic factors and strengthen the body resistance.According to the characteristics of damp heat constitution and latent phlegm,it is the first initiative to apply elimination of pathogens through purgation and diuresis method to children's asthma,and to create a series of combined formulae of Wendan Decoction,such as Xiebai Wendan Decoction,Sanzi Wendan Decoction,Xuanbei Wendan Decoction,Conglong Wendan Decoction,and Baiguo Wendan Decoction,which are applied to remission stage and recovery stage,treating both the symptoms and the root causes.A medical case is attached at the end of the article to enlighten fellow practitioners.
Asthma in cold regionsTreatment by three stagesWarming methodElimination of pathogens through purgation and diuresis method