MENTAL MODEL · M0552

Lung is a Delicate Organ

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The lung is the only internal organ directly connected to the external atmosphere, and it is intolerant to cold and heat, making it highly susceptible to damage.

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Protection of precision instruments. Treatment of lung diseases should be 'light and agile'. Medications should be light (light, clear, and floating), with small doses, like wiping a lens, not using strong or heavy doses to scrub.

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The lung opens into the nose, connects with the skin and hair, directly contacts the external clear qi and pathogenic qi, and 'fears cold and dislikes heat, likes moisture and dislikes dryness', making it most easily injured by external pathogens, hence it is likened to a delicate organ. Treatment must be light, clear, and dispersing, avoiding heavy, turbid, and stagnant methods.

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For lung diseases, medications should be light, doses small, and properties dispersing (pungent-cool or pungent-warm light formulas)
avoid excessive tonification, fierce attack, and greasy obstruction of the lung
when external pathogens attack the exterior, first protect the lung-defense.

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