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Obesity

Accumulation of Phlegm and Damp (Excess condition)

Clinical manifestations:

• Obesity, excess appetite
• Likes sweet and fatty, greasy food
• Heavy sensations in body, foggy thinking
• Aversion to heat
• T: Flabby; thick, greasy coat
• P: Wiry/slippery.
• Wiry can suggest phlegm, heat, or food stagnation.
• Left untreated, the Phlegm can lead to heat, leading to Yin deficiency, leading to Wind, leading to stroke.

Treatment principle

• Remove damp and phlegm

Formula

• Wen Dan Tang + Ping Wei San
• These formulas are combined to lose weight, more gentle and safe than Ma Huang based formulas.

Qi deficiency (Deficiency condition)

Clinical manifestations:

• Fatigue, weak voice, shortness of breath
• Phlegm damp accumulation
• Aversion to cold, edema, puffy face, poor digestion, sleepy, hypofunctions.
• Not necessarily an over eating problem.
• T: Pale with white coating
• P: Thready and weak.

Treatment principle

• Tonify Yang, raise metabolism

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