Medicine:
1) Baijiezi (Semen Sinapis Albae) 15 g, Fabanxia ( Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata ) 15 g, Guixin ( Cortex Cinnarnomi) 15 g, Rhizoma Corydalis (Yanhusuo) 12 g, Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum (Chenxiang) 3 g and Radix Euphorbiae Kansui (Gansui) 3 g. Pulverize the drugs and mix the powder with ginger juice, prepare it into paste, and divide it into six portions. Apply the paste onto bilateral Feishu ( BL 13 ), Fengmen ( BL 12 ) and Jueyinshu (BL 14 ) respectively, cover the paste with oilpaper and fix with adhesive plaster for 12 hours, once daily, with 3 times as a treatment course. It is applicable to patients without pronounced cold and heat manifestations.
2) Baijiezi (Semen Sinapis Albae) 200 g, Radix Euphorbiae Kansui (Gansui)100 g, Flos Genkwa (Yuanhua) 50 g, Herba Asari (Xixin) 30 g and Shegan (Rhizoma Betamcandae) 50g. Pulverize the drugs, and mix the medicated powder with 200 g of fresh loess and honey into a paste. Apply the paste onto the chest and back for 24 hours, and change the dressing every other day. It is applicable to asthma.
3) Baijiezi ( Semen Sinapis ) 30 g, Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis) 30 g, Xixin (Herba Asari) 15 g, Gansui (Radix Kansui) 15 g, Herba Ephedrae (Mahuang)15g, Cangerzi (Fructus Xanthii) 10g, Cortex Cinnamomi (Rougui)10 g, Flos Caryophylli (Dingxiang) 6 g and Ganjiang ( Rhizoma zingiberis ) 30 g. Grind the drugs into dust and mix it with ginger juice to form a paste and put it evenly on a 4 cm x 5 cm oilpaper. During the three ten-day periods of hot season, apply the paste on bilateral Bailao (EX), Feishu (BL 13) and Gaohuang (BL 43), and fix them with adhesive plaster, once every 10 days and 4 - 8 hours each time. After the hot season, conduct moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 minutes over bilateral Kongzui (LU 6 ), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22) and Zusanli (ST 36), and then apply the paste on these points, once every month, 4 - 8 hours each time, until the Beginning of Winter (19th solar term, Nov. 7 or 8). Continuous application of three years makes up a treatment course. It is applicable to bronchial asthma.
4) Herba Ephedrae (Mahuang) 5 g, Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren) 10 g, Shengshigao ( Gypsum Fibrosum, to be decocted first) 30g, Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) 10 g, Sangbaipi ( Cortex Mori ) 15 g and Flos Lonicerae (Jinyinhua) 20 g. Decoct the drugs with water twice, filter and concentrate the decoction into 50 ml, bottle the solution and seal the bottle. Inhale the vapour of the solution through an ultrasonic aerosol inhalator for 40 minutes. It is applicable to asthma of the heat type.
5) Herba Ephedrae (Mahuang)10 g, Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) 10 g, Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren) 10 g, Zisuzi (Fructus Perillae) 10 g, Juhong(Exocarpium Cirri Rubrum) 5 g and Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) 10 g. Decoct the drugs with water twice, filter and concentrate the decoction into 50 ml, bottle the solution and seal the bottle, inhale the vapour of the solution through ultrasonic aerosol inhalator for 40 minutes. It is applicable to asthma due to cold-phlegm.
6) Badouren (Fructus Crotonis) 2 pcs, Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) 5 g and adequate amount of Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens ) Juice. Crush and deoil Badouren (Fructus Crotonis) with alcohol to make fine powder. Mix the powder with fresh ginger juice and mold it as a stick and wrap the stick with gauze. Soak the stick together with Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) in water for 10 minutes, and insert it into one nostril for 15 minutes and the other nostril a few minutes later. It is applicable to asthma of excess type.
Foot Massage
Basic Reflection Zone: Lung, bronchia, kidney and adrenal gland.
Related Reflection Zone: Ureter, bladder, horizontal diaphragm
Symptom Reflection Zone: Nose, heart, spleen, stomach, kidney and large intestine,
10-15 times is course of treatment and each foe 30-40 minutes. Take it 1-2 times a day. Take a rest between the two courses of treatment and put the feet in light saline water to recover the feet’s sensitivity to massage,.
Prescription for foot massage:
Ingredients: Folia perillae acutae 45g, dried tangerine peel 45g, the root bark of white mulberry 45g, Panax 45g, poria alba 20g, radices saussureae 25g, ginger 15g.
Process: Decoct the above ingredients in 2000ml of water and pour them into the footbath after boiling for 10 minutes. Put the feet in the decoction for 30 minutes each time and take it 1-2 times a day.
