What is Phlegm

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, phlegm is one of endogenous pathological factors in Traditional Chinese Medicine which is one of the key causes for a variety of diseases. Phlegm begins to appear in the body when the body fluid is not transported by vital energy normally and accumulates in certain parts of the body after being condensed. Phlegm has the characteristics of being viscous and turbid.

Formation of Phlegm

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Spleen in Traditional Chinese Medicine governs the transportation of water and has the function to turn food into nutritive refined substance and transport these substances to the whole body. When the function of spleen is deficient or loss, water and food cannot be transported or transformed normally, which results in phlegm formation and the consistency of being turbid.

Treatment of Phlegm

Food therapy, acupuncture and herbs are the three main ways to clear phlegm from the body. But depending on which kind of phlegm, we will have different acupoints and techniques for acupuncture and different concoctions of herbs to clear the phlegm out which I will not elaborate here but would recommend you to seek out the professional help.

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