TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE EMPHYSEMA ACCOMPANIED BY EDEMA WITH LUNG-VENTILATING AND DIURESIS REGIMEN—A DYNAMIC OBSERVATION OF P (A-a) O_2

Chronic obstructive emphysema,owing todyspnea and increased airway resistance,oftenresults with time in an increased load to the rightheart,impediment to venous backflow and edema,particularly edema of the legs in the afternoonand of the eyelids in the morning,so-called“dyspneic edema”in TCM.In our specialOPD,these patients were treated with lung-