Summer consumption

　　Summer consumption is a disease that suddenly causes coughing and hemoptysis during the hot summer season, with symptoms similar to consumption. It is due to the injury of the lung by summer heat, steaming and pressing the lung collaterals. The clinical manifestations include feverish sensation, thirst, cough, asthma, dizziness, hemoptysis, nosebleed, and a strong and thready pulse. If accompanied by dampness, there may be no thirst and a white slippery tongue. The doctor may see a white tongue and suspect an internal cold, and dare not use cool and cold medicine directly, fearing to make mistakes. However, the white tongue is due to the injury of the summer evil to the Qi, as the lung governs Qi and belongs to the metal element, and the color of metal is white.

　　The disease of summer consumption, characterized by sudden vomiting of blood and nosebleed, dizziness, blurred vision, feverish sensation, thirst, cough, and asthma. The pulse is floating and strong, moderate and empty, and deep and again strong. This is due to the intense heat of summer, where the fire element prevails, burning the lung metal, reigniting the Yang collaterals, and causing the blood to overflow upwards. The unenlightened mistake it for consumption, not realizing that the fire carries the blood upwards, which is not comparable to true Yin deficiency. It is advisable to clear summer heat to protect the lung and clear collaterals heat to stop bleeding. For those with a strong body in the early stages, it is recommended to use the method of clearing and promoting the Jin organ, adding Kuiqin and Heizhi to treat it. For those with a weak body, it is recommended to use the method of dispelling summer heat and regulating the Yuan, removing Gypsum, Banxia, and Congmi, and adding fresh Ditu, fresh Duhu, and fresh lotus root nodes to treat it. If it does not stop, add Danpi and Huanliancao as needed. Although it is not a consumption disease, after bleeding, there may be symptoms of feverish cough, a small pulse, and the Yin aspect is also deficient. It should be treated with a sweet and salty method to nourish Yin. If treatment is delayed and the true Yin is injured, it will be difficult to cure.

　　In the month of extreme heat, fire can melt gold, if not restrained from spicy wine, the spleen fire will be very severe, with fatigue heat and dryness, disturbing the heart and lungs, causing coughing and asthma, sudden vomiting of blood and nosebleed, unclear vision, restlessness and unease in the chest and diaphragm, both the young and the old, occasionally one is sick, the unenlightened people think it is consumptive disease, do not know that the fire is on the blood, not true yin deficiency and虚劳者等也。

　　Treatment should be given to the four substances decoction, Coptis root decoction for detoxification, Er Chen decoction, remove Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao, Huang Bai, replace Ban Xia with Beimu, add Jie Geng to suppress it, Bo He to disperse it, Mai Dong, Wu Wei to contract it, and recover spontaneously. Or add urine of children, lotus juice, or two or three doses of Coptis and Mugwort drink can also be effective. Rest for several days, avoid alcohol, frying and cooking, and the name is summer sore, it should be used moderately and skillfully, or use Dong Yuan Shen Ling Diao Zhong is also wonderful.

　　Lin An: Summer sores are due to the failure of yin to generate and yang to subside, with symptoms of hemoptysis and vomiting of blood, restlessness and heat at dusk, clarity in the morning, white tongue and thirst, headache and body pain, all due to the internal invasion of summer heat evil, injury of yin meridians, even with chronic illness, one should first clear the heat of the meridians. Suitable for sand参, sweet almond, Chuan Bei, Lu Pi, Lian Qiao, Mai Dong, Zhu Ye, fresh Sheng Di, etc., fresh lotus leaf juice a cup and take it together, especially with miraculous effect. After the blood stops, discuss the nourishing of yin again. If the sequence is lost in advance or misused, then the hidden heat in the meridians cannot be released externally, and it will definitely become an incurable disease.

　　In the month of extreme heat, fire can melt gold, if not restrained from spicy wine, the spleen fire will be very severe, with fatigue heat and dryness, disturbing the heart and lungs, causing coughing and asthma, sudden vomiting of blood and nosebleed, unclear vision, restlessness and thirst in the chest and diaphragm. No special examination, diagnosis can be made according to the tongue and pulse of traditional Chinese medicine.

　　Therapeutic diet for summer sores

　　Remove Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao, Huang Bai from the four substances decoction, Coptis root decoction for detoxification, and Er Chen decoction, replace Ban Xia with Beimu, add Jie Geng, Bo He, Mai Dong; or add urine of children, lotus juice; or two or three doses of Coptis and Mugwort drink can also be effective. If there is dampness and heat due to summer heat, without thirst, white and slippery tongue coating, use Qing Luo drink with杏仁, Yi Ren, and Huá Shí for treatment.

　　(The above information is for reference only, please consult a doctor for details)

　　Treatment should be given to the four substances decoction, Coptis root decoction for detoxification, Er Chen decoction, remove Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao, Huang Bai, replace Ban Xia with Beimu, add Jie Geng to suppress it, Bo He to disperse it, Mai Dong, Wu Wei to contract it, and recover spontaneously. Or add urine of children, lotus juice, or two or three doses of Coptis and Mugwort drink can also be effective. Rest for several days, avoid alcohol, frying and cooking, and the name is summer sore, it should be used moderately and skillfully, or use Dong Yuan Shen Ling Diao Zhong is also wonderful.

　　Lin An: Summer sores are due to the failure of yin to generate and yang to subside, with symptoms of hemoptysis and vomiting of blood, restlessness and heat at dusk, clarity in the morning, white tongue and thirst, headache and body pain, all due to the internal invasion of summer heat evil, injury of yin meridians, even with chronic illness, one should first clear the heat of the meridians. Suitable for sand参, sweet almond, Chuan Bei, Lu Pi, Lian Qiao, Mai Dong, Zhu Ye, fresh Sheng Di, etc., fresh lotus leaf juice a cup and take it together, especially with miraculous effect. After the blood stops, discuss the nourishing of yin again. If the sequence is lost in advance or misused, then the hidden heat in the meridians cannot be released externally, and it will definitely become an incurable disease.