Phlegm

Phlegm

Kapha (Ayurveda)
Tan (TCM)
Bad Kan (Tibet)
Balgam (Unani)

Phlegm can be either a condition in itself marked by excess Phlegm, or related to the Phlegm Humor or a Phlegmatic Constitution. In Humoral Theory, excess Phlegm is viewed as being due to improper digestion and an excess of Phlegm-producing Foods. Therefore, medicines to digest Phlegm mixed with medicines that warm the Digestion is the typical method of treating Phlegm diseases and Phlegm Humor.
Phlegm can be either Hot or Cold. In its own nature, Phlegm is Cold. So a pure Phlegm condition is Cold and Moist. However, Phlegm readily comes with Heat, causing a Phlegm-Heat condition. Cold Phlegm is typically thick and white or copious and clear. Phlegm-Heat may come with hot, sharp phlegm that requires cooling and thickening to enable expectoration. Phlegm-Heat may also be thick and sticky, and hard-to-clear.

• Phlegm-Cold–Cough with clear or whitish sticky phlegm, pale complexion, heaviness of the chest, short of breath, feels the cold, nausea, pale swollen tongue with a sticky white coat and a slippery pulse
• Phlegm-Heat–Expectorating yellow phlegm, cough, heaviness of the chest, rattling of phlegm in the throat, bitter taste, restlessness; maybe with confusion or manic behavior, red tongue with yellow coat, rapid slippery pulse

Ayurvedic Triptighna group of Drugs to clear Phlegm

Others that can be added include Black Pepper, Galangal, Costus, Salt, Tabasheer

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Primary Tibetan Medicines for Phlegm Diseases

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See also
Preparers and Purgers of Phlegm

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Phlegm, to cleanse
Syrup of Vinegar
Syrup of Vinegar Compound
Oxymel
Hiera Picra with Agaric
Powder of Turbith (Avicenna)
Greater Turbith Powder
Pills to Cleanse the Chest
Rhododendron 16 (Dwa lis bcu drug) (Tibetan)
Phlegm, Crass (undigested)
Syrup of Sorrel
Syrup of 2 Roots
Oxymel Compound
Oxymel of Squill
Vinegar of Squill
Electuary for Crass and Viscid Humors (Azaricon)
Diacalamint
Arabian Pills (Nicholas)
Pills of Rhubarb
Phlegma Purgant – Purge Phlegm
Decoction of Myrobalan
Hiera Picra with Agaric
Hiera Logadii
Pills of Agrimony Greater (Mesue)
Pills of Turbith
Phlegma salsum purgat – Salt Phlegm
Syrup of Fumitory Greater

TCM Classification

Cold Phlegm
Er Chen Tang
Dao Tan Tang
Phlegm Heat
Gun Tan Wan
Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
Wen Dan Tang