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kate Posted - 9/12/2014 14:07:01
Please offer any insight on this condition.

Male in mid 60's that is a high level yogi.
-entire life: gets Feeling of sudden suffocation with inability to break up phlegm
-phlegm is described as "thick" and "sticky"-does not wheeze
-does not show up on X-ray
-responds to antibiotic for a period of a month, then recurs
-condition inherited from mother
-describes phlegm as consistently yellow since early age



TCM Posted - 13/12/2014 10:28:39
Yellow phlegm may be a sign of infection, suggest doing a CT scan.
Yellow and sticky phlegm indicate heat condition:
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/exam/cough_sees.html

Physician will use herbs to clear heat, dissolve phlegm and detoxify.


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