The Emperor asked: "How can we distinguish them?"
Qi Bo replied: "The symptoms of lung cough are coughing, gasping with sounds, an even expectorating blood. The symptoms of heart cough are manifested by coughing with pain in the heart, a choking sensation in the throat, like a blockage, and even a swollen pharynx and a numb larynx. The symptoms of liver cough are signified by painful lower parts of the rib sides when coughing, even an incapability of turning the body, and fullness of the rib sides under the armpits when turning the body. The symptoms of spleen cough are marked by pain at the lower part of the right rib side when coughing, faint pain radiating to the shoulders and back, even incapability of movement and a more severe cough when moving. The symptoms of kidney cough are characterized by painful loins and back when coughing, and even expectorating saliva and thin sputum."
Key Words: discussion of cough, in the plain questions
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