Lung Heat
In traditional theory, Lung Heat denotes a heat-dominant condition affecting the Lung’s dispersing and descending functions. Its conceptual role is to organize fever, thirst, cough with yellow sputum, and breath-related signs within a full heat framework. Study defining presentations and traditional differentiation context in this educational pattern record.
Key reference facts
- Nature
- Full
- Organ affinity
- Lungs, Large Intestine
- Defining presentations
- Feeling of heat; Thirst; High fever; Cough with thin yellow sputum; Shortness of breath
- Treatment principles
- Clear Lung heat; Restore the Lung’s descending and dispersing functions; Protect and support fluids; Transform phlegm when it is traditionally prominent
Related library records
Source reference: Me & Qi - TCM Patterns Database