Exogenous cough includes: wind-cold cough, wind-heat cough and wind-dry cough;
Cough due to internal injury includes phlegm-dampness cough, phlegm-heat cough and lung deficiency cough (lung qi deficiency cough and lung yin deficiency cough).
Only by choosing drugs according to symptoms can we achieve the expected effect.
Below, "drugstore people" have compiled 26 kinds of Chinese patent medicines that are commonly used to treat cough and have antitussive effects for your reference.
1. Cold cough
Often manifested as cough, thin white sputum or foam, itchy throat, accompanied by symptoms of cold and cold. Chinese patent medicines for expelling wind and cold, dispersing lung and relieving cough should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Tongxuanlifei Pill: It is mainly used for exogenous wind-cold cough such as fever, aversion to cold, headache and anhidrosis.
② Zhike Ningsou Capsule: mainly used for wind-cold cough, vomiting and sore throat.
③ Wind-cold cough granules: mainly used for wind-cold cold, fever, headache, aversion to cold, anhidrosis, cough, stuffy nose and runny nose.
④ Xiaoqinglong mixture: mainly used for drinking cold water, aversion to cold, fever, anhidrosis and cough with excessive phlegm.
2. Wind-heat cough
Often manifested as severe cough, or coughing at the top of my lungs, sticky or yellow sputum, unpleasant expectoration, often accompanied by fever, dry mouth, sore throat and so on. Chinese patent medicines for dispelling wind and clearing heat, dispersing lung qi and resolving phlegm should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Sangju Ganmao Tablet: It is mainly used for the initial onset of wind-heat cold, headache and cough, dry mouth and sore throat.
② Chuanbei loquat syrup: used for cough with yellow phlegm or unpleasant vomiting, sore throat, chest distress and pain, cold and cough, and chronic bronchitis caused by wind-heat invading the lung.
③ Ganmao Zhike Granule: mainly used for cold and fever, stuffy nose and sore throat, cough and general malaise caused by exogenous wind and heat.
④ Acute branch syrup: mainly used for cough caused by exogenous wind and heat, such as acute bronchitis and acute attack of chronic bronchitis.
⑤ Xiaoer Kechuanling Granule: Cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection.
3. Wind dryness and cough
Often manifested as no or little phlegm, or dry cough, dry mouth and nasopharynx, cough accompanied by chest pain, headache, anhidrosis, yellow urine, dry stool and so on. Chinese patent medicines for dispelling wind, clearing lung, moistening dryness and relieving cough should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Qiuli Runfei Ointment: used for chronic cough, scanty phlegm, dry mouth and dry throat.
② Chuanbei loquat syrup: it is mostly used for dry throat, sore throat, dry cough, acute bronchitis with no or little phlegm, pharyngolaryngitis, etc.
③ Shedan Chuanbei Pipa Ointment: It is mainly used for cough, expectoration, chest tightness and asthma, dry nose and throat, and itchy throat caused by dryness and evil invading the lung.
4. Phlegm-dampness cough
Often manifested as cough with excessive phlegm, heavy and turbid cough sound, white and sticky phlegm or thick or thin phlegm, especially cough and expectoration in the morning, chest tightness, loss of appetite and so on. Chinese patent medicines for dispersing lung, promoting diuresis, regulating qi and resolving phlegm should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Orange-red phlegm cough liquid: used for cough, bronchitis and pharyngolaryngitis caused by excessive phlegm, asthma and turbid phlegm blocking the lung.
② Pinellia Tianma Pill: used for spleen deficiency and dampness resistance, phlegm and fluid production, dizziness and headache, chest tightness and fullness.
③ Guilong Kechuanning Tablet: used for cough, asthma, excessive phlegm and excessive saliva caused by exogenous wind-cold, phlegm-dampness blocking lung; Acute and chronic bronchitis with the above symptoms.
④ Chen Er Pill: used for stomach discomfort, cough with excessive phlegm, nausea and vomiting caused by phlegm-dampness trapping the spleen.
5. phlegm-heat cough
Often manifested as cough, shortness of breath, thick yellow sputum, and even blood in sputum, difficulty in expectoration, red tongue and yellow greasy coating. Therefore, Chinese patent medicines for clearing heat and purging fire, relieving cough and resolving phlegm should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Er Mu Ning Sou Pill: It is mostly used for phlegm that is not easy to cough up, chest tightness and sore throat, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and chronic cough.
② Hong Ju Pill: used for phlegm-heat cough, excessive phlegm, yellow and sticky color, chest tightness and dry mouth.
③ Qingfei Ningsou Pill: used for cough due to lung heat and phlegm.
④ Qingfei Huatan Pill: used for cough due to lung heat, asthma with excessive phlegm, excessive sputum and poor lung qi.
6. Cough due to lung qi deficiency
Often manifested as white and thin expectoration, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, fear of cold, pale face and so on. We should choose Chinese patent medicines that can replenish lung and qi, relieve cough and asthma. Representative drugs are:
① Ginseng Lung Pill: Mainly used for chronic cough caused by lung qi deficiency and body fluid deficiency, with shortness of breath.
② Runfei Zhisou Pill: used for cough and asthma, excessive phlegm and saliva and hoarseness caused by lung qi deficiency.
③ Bufei Pill: used for lung qi deficiency, shortness of breath, asthma and cough, low cough sound, dry cough and sticky phlegm, dry throat and dry tongue.
7. Cough due to lung yin deficiency
Often manifested as short cough, aggravated at night, dry cough without phlegm, or less phlegm, white and sticky phlegm is not easy to cough up, hot flashes and night sweats. Chinese patent medicines for nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm should be selected. Representative drugs are:
① Lily Gujin oral liquid: used for chronic bronchitis, chronic pharyngitis, pneumonia, dry throat, sore throat, dry cough and less phlegm.
② Cordyceps Qingfei Capsule: used for cough caused by deficiency of both qi and yin, excessive phlegm, asthma, chest tightness and phlegm blocking the lung.
③ Yangyin Qingfei Pill: used for yin deficiency and lung dryness, dry throat and pain, dry cough and less phlegm.
Drugstore man
Many patients will choose Chinese patent medicine to treat cough, but because Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, Chinese patent medicine to treat cough should be selected according to syndrome differentiation, and only in this way can the due therapeutic effect be achieved. If you cough, please take medicine as soon as possible to avoid delaying your illness. When choosing drugs, you should read the drug instructions carefully to understand the precautions. At the same time, as a warm heart tip, share it with friends around you.