Lung heat is more common in children with low immunity, and the stagnation of heat in the lungs and the failure of lung qi can lead to aversion to cold and fever with cough as the main symptom.
The susceptible population of lung heat is mainly children, and their resistance is weak according to their own physiological characteristics. According to Chinese medicine, most children with lung heat can be characterized by excessive yang, insufficient yin, partial yin deficiency and heavy internal heat.
Children with low immunity are prone to cause lung fire to go up due to exogenous pathogenic factors, resulting in internal heat and symptoms of lung heat. The main symptoms of lung heat are repeated cough and expectoration, accompanied by fever, dry mouth, sore throat, shortness of breath, wheezing, yellow urine and constipation.
Children's resistance is poor, and they are more prone to typical symptoms of lung heat such as fever, cough, phlegm and asthma. If lung heat is not removed in time, it will easily affect the surrounding lung tissue and induce pneumonia, emphysema and other diseases, so it is very important to control lung heat in children.
So what syndrome types can lung heat be divided into?
1, wind-heat invading lung syndrome
Wind-heat invading lung syndrome is mainly caused by human body being invaded by exogenous wind-heat, and the lung qi is abnormal, which can be manifested as fever, dry mouth and thirst, cough, expectoration, swelling and pain of throat, red tip of tongue, etc., which are more common in upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis and other diseases.
2. Syndrome of wind-cold attacking lung
The main clinical manifestations of wind-cold attacking lung syndrome are fear of cold and fever, with severe fear of cold and mild fever, accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, dry and itchy throat, thin and white expectoration, pale tongue, thin and white fur and other symptoms, and a preference for hot drinks, with wind-cold as the main manifestation.
3. Liver-fire invading lung syndrome
Liver-fire invading lung syndrome is the syndrome of liver pulse attacking lung due to excess fire, which causes lung to lose its clearing. The main manifestations are fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, pain, bitter taste, impatience and irritability, or head swelling and dizziness, red face and red eyes, coughing, and even blood in phlegm. Chinese medicine believes that anger hurts the liver, emotional discomfort, and the fire hurts the lungs.
4. Syndrome of lung heat due to yin deficiency
The syndrome of lung heat due to yin deficiency is mostly caused by endogenous deficiency heat, yin deficiency and deficiency fire burning the lung. Mainly manifested as cough with little phlegm, cough with choking qi, only blood in the sputum, low fever, hot flashes in the afternoon, hot flushes on the cheeks, dry throat, pale red tongue with little fur, rapid pulse and so on.
Most respiratory diseases, such as respiratory infection, acute and chronic bronchitis, may be accompanied by symptoms of lung heat in traditional Chinese medicine, so it is very important to nourish the lungs.
Then, according to the distinction between deficiency and excess in traditional Chinese medicine, why can lung heat be divided?
1, lung deficiency and heat
Lung deficiency heat is often caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness. Common symptoms of lung deficiency and heat are cough without phlegm or little phlegm, with a little bloodshot in the sputum, accompanied by symptoms such as five-upset fever, red tongue with little coating, red cheeks, low fever in the afternoon, hot flashes and night sweats.
2. Excess heat in lung
Excess heat in the lung is commonly caused by wind-heat invading the lung and phlegm-heat. Wind-heat invading the lungs can cause nasal congestion or yellow pus and runny nose, cough or yellow pus and phlegm, sore throat, yellow urine and dry stool. Phlegm-heat is manifested as cough, yellow pus-phlegm or pus-blood-phlegm, accompanied by chest distension and chest pain, yellow urine and dry stool, red tongue and yellow greasy coating.
Lung heat can be caused by the lung feeling that lung fire is invading and lung qi is not released, so the treatment of lung heat mainly focuses on dispersing lung qi, relieving asthma, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and opening lung to restore the function of dispersing lung qi and relieving depression.
So what can be done to treat lung heat?
1, Chinese medicine treatment
It can be treated by compatibility of traditional Chinese medicines, such as Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Lycii, Cynanchum atratum, pumice, Fructus Trichosanthis, Radix Platycodi, Herba Houttuyniae, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Cortex Mori, Fructus Forsythiae, Flos Lonicerae, Folium Eriobotryae, etc.
2. Chinese patent medicine
The prepare Chinese patent medicines can be use for treatment, such as taking Lanqin oral liquid, Qingfei Huatan pills, Pudilan Xiaoyan tablets, Xianzhuli oral liquid, Chuanbei Pipa cream, Jizhi syrup, Shedan Chuanbei liquid and that like for symptomatic treatment. According to the situation of children's lung heat, Xiaoer Feire Kechuan oral liquid can be used to clear lung heat, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and treat recurrent cough.
3, traditional Chinese medicine prescription
Among the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, Sangju Decoction, Yinqiao Powder, Qingre Huadu Decoction, Zhuye Gypsum Decoction and Maxing Shigan Decoction can be selected for addition and subtraction, which has a good effect on treating lung heat. Other traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions that have a role in nourishing and moistening lung also have a conditioning effect on lung heat.
4, dietotherapy and medicated diet assistance
Dietotherapy and medicated diet can be used to assist in boiling water of rock sugar, Sydney, Fritillaria cirrhosa, and drinking herbal tea containing honeysuckle and kudingcha, or boiling water with white radish and water chestnut, which can assist in clearing away lung heat and resolving phlegm.
If it is a child with lung heat, in addition to the treatment with traditional Chinese medicine and other drugs, as well as the conditioning with dietotherapy and medicated diet, you can also eat some fruits that can help clear away lung heat.
So what kind of fruit helps to clear the lungs and remove heat?
1, loquat
Loquat has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough and lowering qi, and can be used as an adjuvant treatment for cough, polydipsia, vomiting blood and other symptoms caused by pneumonia.
2. Pears
Pear, rich in vitamins and energy substances needed by human body, has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away lung heat and nourishing lung, etc., and can be cooked into rock sugar and Sydney water to eat.
3. Siraitia grosvenorii
Making tea with Siraitia grosvenorii has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving sore throat, which can alleviate the symptoms of dry mouth and mouth, and has a certain effect on treating cough and pharyngitis caused by lung heat.
4. Chenpi
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has the functions of regulating qi, invigorating spleen, relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, and removing dryness and dampness, and has a certain effect on treating and relieving spleen and stomach qi stagnation syndromes such as vomiting, damp phlegm, cough due to cold phlegm and chest obstruction.
5. Horseshoe
Horseshoe has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production, stimulating appetite, improving eyesight and clearing the sound, promoting digestion and sobering up, and is suitable for people with cough and phlegm, dry throat and sore throat, and unfavorable urination and defecation.
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Children with lung heat can eat more heat-clearing foods and drink more warm boiled water to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients, while maintaining indoor air circulation and appropriate humidity to avoid being too dry.