1. Lung-heat cough: Lung-heat cough generally manifests as 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 medicine, such as ephedra, gypsum, licorice, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, almond and so on. The commonly used Chinese patent medicine is sunflower brand oral liquid for relieving cough due to cold and heat in children based on Maxing Shigan decoction and Baihu decoction, which is a representative medicine for treating cough due to lung heat in children and has a good effect of clearing lung and stomach heat.
2. Wind-heat cough: This kind of cough is characterized by yellow and thick phlegm, fever, nasal turbidity and thirst. At this time, it is best to choose traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, dispersing lung qi and relieving cough, such as mint, mulberry leaves, scutellaria baicalensis, peucedanum, chrysanthemum, forsythia and so on. Commonly used drugs are generally based on the prescription of Sangju Yin.
3. Dry lung cough: Dry cough usually occurs in autumn, characterized by less phlegm, dry nose and mouth, and hoarse voice. Commonly used Chinese herbal medicines include Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus and Rehmannia glutinosa. In addition to choosing some drugs, lung dryness and cough can also be matched with ingredients such as Sydney, white radish and lily, which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough and heat.
4. Wind-cold cough: The most typical symptoms of wind-cold cough are white sputum, chills and stuffy nose. To treat cough due to wind-cold, it is advisable to use traditional Chinese medicines with the effect of expelling wind and dispelling cold, such as Chinese patent medicines containing almond, perilla, peucedanum, platycodon grandiflorum and Pinellia ternata, such as Xuan Tong Li Fei Pill.