Recently, the flu and cold have been rampant, and many people have just recovered from the illness, but the cough has been strong for a week or two, and it is not good, such as a sudden itchy throat during a meeting, interrupting others, which is a very bad thing. Some friends also used a lot of cough suppressants, but they didn't have much effect, and some even coughed even worse. What's going on?
In fact, most of this is the type of cough that does not have a clear differentiation of syndromes, which is not in the right direction and will only have the opposite effect, so it is also important to learn to distinguish between dry and wet syndromes. Clinically, the most common cough is dry cough and wet cough.
Let's take a look at this wet cough with phlegm first.
Wet cough with phlegm is mainly caused by phlegm dampness in the lungs. The root cause of phlegm dampness is spleen deficiency, because the spleen is the main transporter of water and dampness. If the spleen is insufficient and unable to transport dampness, the dampness will remain in the body, and it will accumulate more and more, and slowly change into phlegm. This kind of friends not only cough with phlegm, but also this phlegm is white, which is relatively easy to cough up, and often friends will also be accompanied by inability to eat, as well as chest tightness, and the whole body is weak, and the limbs are also very sleepy. So for the phlegm-damp type of cough, we are mainly based on strengthening the spleen, drying dampness, and dissolving phlegm.
Next, let's look at the type of dry cough without phlegm.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, long-term dry cough is mostly caused by the deficiency of liver yin, we say that the lungs are delicate, like to moisten and hate, the liver is not enough yin fluid, it will be very dry, the lungs can not be moistened by yin fluid, and the function of Xuanxia will be abnormal. Therefore, friends will have a dry cough, unable to spit out phlegm, and at the same time, it will be accompanied by cough when it is not strong, and the cough will worsen at night, as well as fatigue and shortness of breath, and the problem of sweating.
Finally, in this winter when colds and flu are raging, conditioning our physique can keep us away from the pain and trouble of coughing. Of course, these contents are only for your reference, and if you have any problems, you should also seek medical treatment offline in a timely manner.