[Professor LIN Lin's clinical experiences of comprehensive internal and external therapy for asthma]

Professor LIN Lin's clinical experiences of comprehensive internal and external therapy for asthma was summarized in the paper. According to professor LIN Lin's experiences, asthma was differentiated as cold, heat, wind, stasis and deficiency pattern/syndrome in clinic. Asthma of cold type was treated with Xiao qinglong Decoction and Sanzi Yangqin Decoction combined with cupping, moxibustion, acupuncture and Bian stone therapy. Asthma of heat type was treated with Dingchuan Decoction combined with acupuncture, scraping therapy and moving cupping. Asthma of wind type was treated with Masu Erchen Decoction combined with acupuncture and cupping. Asthma of stasis type was treated with Xue fu Zhuyu Decoction combined with acupuncture, tapping manipulation, moving cupping and Bian stone therapy. Asthma of deficiency type was treated with Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, Shenge Shenqi Pill combined with warming needling therapy, acupoint injection and Bian stone therapy. A medical case was enclosed to explain the diagnosis and treatment idea "seeking the root cause of the disease in treatment" and "strengthening the antipathogenic qi to eliminate pathogenic factors" in the comprehensive internal and external therapy.