Different from western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine for idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is based on an overall analysis of the disease, together with the patient's conditions. Clinically, there are three main patterns of syndromes that leads to idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
(1) Deficiency of Lung Yin
Syndromes: fever in the afternoon, flush on both sides of cheekbone, cough and hemoptysis, dry cough with less phlegm, blood-stained sputum, dry mouth and throat, red tongue and less saliva, thin and yellow tongue coating, and thready rapid pulse.

(2) Deficiency of Qi (vital energy) and Yin
Syndromes: fever in the afternoon, sweating on both sides of cheekbone, cough or hemoptysis, tastelessness in the mouth and indigestion and loss of appetite, cold limbs and loose stool, fatigue, flesh loss, shortness of breath, red tongue and less saliva, thin and greasy tongue coating, and thready rapid and weak pulse.

(3) Deficiency of Lung and Kidney
Syndromes: hectic fever due to yin, hot flash, feverishness in palms and soles, sweating on both sides of cheekbone, bucking and less phlegm, yellow and thicky phlegm, cough with spit blood, weakness of spinal column, dysphoria and insomnia, dizziness and tinnitus, emission, irregular menstruation, dark red tongue coating, thin pulse.

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.