Whooping Cough (pertusis)
Early stage
- common cold symptoms, Wind/Cold or
Wind/Heat, cough starts, cough becomes frequent and worse at night
- P/T – expel pathogenic factors,
promote Lungs function
- Acupuncture – hand Taiyin & yangming,
Lu 7, LI 4, SJ 5, BL 12, ST 40
- fever- LI 11, Du 14
- cough- Ren 22
Spasming Cough stage
- Acupuncture – Lu 5, 6, 7, ST 36, BL
12, 13, Ren 17, LI 4
- blood in phlegm- BL 17, Lu 10
- nosebleed- LI 20, Du 23
Recovery stage
- P/T – strengthen Lung and Spleen
- Acupuncture – hand Taiyin, foot
yangming, BL 13, 20, Lu 9, ST 36, KI 3, SP 6, BL 43 (yuan)
Alternative Treatment
Methods
- tapping then cupping along Bladder
meridian
- auricular- sympathetic, LU, brochioles
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