Chapter 227: Praying to Gods and Buddhas

Obstructive pulmonary emphysema in traditional Chinese medicine corresponds to "asthma patterns" and "lung distention" categories. Lung distention occurs secondary to prolonged coughing, wheezing, and other respiratory ailments, characterized by clinical manifestations such as chest congestion, cough with sputum, and shortness of breath with wheezing, reflecting a lung system disease.

Due to prolonged coughing, wheezing, and asthma, and repeated exposure to external pathogens causing injury to the lungs, respiratory function becomes chaotic. The energy is obstructed in the chest and stagnates in the respiratory tract, with phlegm and blood stasis intertwining in the lung passages, causing the lungs to swell, lose their elasticity, and fail to contract and descend properly, leading to lung distention.

Zhang Wei was hospitalized at Jinling Hospital's internal medicine ward to recuperate. He felt much better after taking his medicine and did not cough as he had the day before.