This sentence is from "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet," Chapter Seven on Consumption and Lung Abscess with Cough and Dyspnea.
It means that the patient is short of breath, has facial swelling, and their shoulders move when they breathe, with a floating and large pulse, which is an incurable symptom, and the addition of diarrhea makes it even more dangerous.
Without a doubt, aside from not knowing the pulse condition of this aunt, Lu Jiu observed that her other symptoms were basically consistent.
The lung governs qi and controls breathing, while the kidney governs the reception of qi. When the lung and kidney work together, breathing is smooth.
If the kidney qi is deficient, then the reception of qi is abnormal, resulting in shallow inhalation and qi accumulating in the upper body, manifesting as cough, dyspnea, and difficulty breathing, even causing shoulder movement during breathing.
