Excerpt / Summary One cough can tell two very different stories. Western medicine may look for airway irritation, infection, inflammation, or other respiratory causes, while Chinese medicine may consider patterns involving cold and heat, phlegm, Lung Qi, constitution, and the balance of the body as a whole. Starting with one of our most familiar symptoms, this book explores how two medical traditions can look at the same human body yet ask different questions—and what we may

Why do some people catch repeated colds and later develop persistent coughs, rhinitis, poor sleep, cold hands and feet, or digestive problems? Drawing primarily on Ni Haixia’s classical-formula system, this book explores external pathogens, the Six-Stage framework, mistreatment, Cold, Dampness, Phlegm-Fluids and Blood Stasis. It also compares these traditional ideas with modern medical perspectives, helping readers understand two very different approaches to illness and long-