There is a folk saying: nourish the lungs in autumn and winter. Lung likes "moistening" and hates "dryness". If the lungs are not moistened because of the weather, it will make people cough constantly. So how "dry" is autumn and winter? Skin, throat, mouth and eyes are considered to have the most say. In the eyes of Chinese medicine, the lung is like a clock, covering the five internal organs. Once it is not well protected and invaded by evil spirits, it will sound like a cough. Therefore, when autumn, winter and dry season come, the body fluid will be reduced. If you don't pay attention to health care, the lungs will be short of body fluid for a long time and won't be moisturized, which will lead to problems in the lungs and constant coughing.
There are many kinds of cough, and different diseases can cause cough symptoms. If you want to cure cough, you must first distinguish the cause of cough.
One is "cold and cough". This is a cough caused by wind-cold invading human body, which is generally manifested as dry throat, stuffy nose, turbid voice when coughing, accompanied by white phlegm, unbearable headache and runny nose.
The other is "hot cough". It is because the body is exposed to the evil of wind and heat, which leads to the accumulation of hot air in the lungs and causes cough. Generally, the voice of hot cough is crisp, and the expectoration is yellow. There is swelling and pain in the throat and even the whole body, accompanied by fever and sweating.
The causes of the two kinds of cough are different, so we should also pay attention to the distinction in treatment: cold cough is mainly to dispel wind and cold, and hot cough is to dispel wind and clear heat. * * * The same point is that both should spread the lung and relieve cough.
After clarifying the cause of cough, we can look at the two treatments of cough in detail.
The treatment of cold and cough focuses on "relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold". Relieving exterior and dispelling cold is a term of traditional Chinese medicine. Simply put, it is to open the pores of the skin and dispel the pathogenic cold in the body, so as to achieve the effect of treating diseases caused by exogenous cold.
Common Chinese medicines for relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold are: Folium Perillae, Notopterygii Rhizoma and so on. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", perilla leaves have the efficacy of "relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, activating qi and regulating stomach", and the antipyretic effect is very remarkable. It has a miraculous effect on cough and vomiting caused by cold. Notopterygium root can dispel wind, remove dampness and relieve pain, and can solve the problems of cough and soreness caused by cold.
The recommended Chinese patent medicine is Xuan Tong Li Fei Pill, which contains perilla leaf, bitter almond and ephedra. For dietotherapy, it can be recommended to cook soup with radish, ginger and scallion, which can effectively relieve cough caused by cold and cough.
The treatment of heat cough is mainly "dispersing wind and clearing heat, dispersing lung and relieving cough". There are many Chinese herbal medicines that can be used, such as: Herba Eriocauli, Fructus Viticis, Equisetum Equisetum, Fructus Arctii, Folium Mori, etc. Kaibao Materia Medica: "Jing Caojing mainly treats laryngitis, toothache and scabies." It can dispel wind and dissipate heat, and has a good curative effect on wind-heat cold, headache and dizziness. According to the Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Vitex negundo can disperse wind and heat, clear the head, and treat exogenous wind and heat, dizziness, headache and migraine.
The Chinese patent medicine that can be taken is "Sangju Ganmao Tablet", which contains mint, mulberry leaves, forsythia and so on. In addition, we can also cook some rock sugar Sydney soup to relieve cough.
After learning about cold cough and hot cough, everyone should also pay attention to the treatment of cough in autumn and winter, and don't use drugs at will.
First of all, Li Yanming, the chief physician of Nanning People's Hospital, reminds everyone that drugs including bitter cold and purging gunpowder should be used with caution in treating cough in autumn and winter. In addition, patients with cough should also pay attention to rest, so as to avoid lack of sleep leading to decreased immunity and make colds more serious.
Secondly, for cold and cough caused by wind-cold, it is not appropriate to use astringent cough medicine indiscriminately, because this medicine will cause lung qi stagnation, and in severe cases, it will lead to chronic cough, which is difficult to cure.
Moreover, hot cough should avoid spicy and greasy food, so as to avoid hot air in the body, affecting the function of the spleen and stomach and aggravating the condition.
When preventing diseases and coughs, we should also pay attention to that only a balanced diet and persistent exercise can improve immunity and prevent diseases from finding the upper body.
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