1. Lung-heat cough: Lung-heat cough is generally characterized by red cough face, sticky phlegm, sore throat, dry throat, constipation and other symptoms. And children usually like to eat greasy food. At this time, we need to choose traditional Chinese medicines such as ephedra, gypsum, licorice, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, almond, etc. The commonly used Chinese patent medicine is sunflower brand oral liquid for children with lung heat and cough, which is based on Maxing Ganshi decoction and Baihu decoction. It is a representative medicine for treating children with lung heat cough and has better effects of clearing lung heat and stomach heat.
2. Wind-heat cough: This type of cough is characterized by yellow and thick phlegm, fever, turbid nose and thirst for water. At this time, it is best to choose traditional Chinese medicines with the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, dispersing lung and relieving cough, such as mint, mulberry leaves, scutellaria baicalensis, peucedanum, chrysanthemum and forsythia. Commonly used drugs are generally based on the prescription Sangjuyin.
3. Dry lung cough: Dry cough usually occurs in autumn, characterized by less phlegm, dry nose, mouth and throat, and hoarseness. Commonly selected Chinese herbal medicines include Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus and Rehmannia glutinosa. In addition to choosing some drugs, lung dryness and cough can also be combined with ingredients such as Sydney, white radish and lily, which can moisten the lungs, relieve cough and dry.
4. Wind-cold cough: The most typical symptoms of wind-cold cough are multi-color and white sputum, chills and stuffy nose. For the treatment of cough due to wind-cold, it is advisable to choose traditional Chinese medicines with wind-dispelling and cold-dispelling effects, such as Chinese patent medicines containing almond, perilla, peucedanum, platycodon grandiflorum and Pinellia ternata, such as Tongxuan Lifei Pill.