1, drug therapy

There are many drugs to treat cough. Generally speaking, the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine are small, and there are too many kinds of Chinese patent medicines for treating cough, such as Zhike Hong Ju Pill, Gancao Tablet, Glycyrrhiza Oral Liquid, Chuanbei Pipa Cream, syrup, etc. Western medicines for treating cough include Ning Fei Granules and Kebiqing. According to the symptoms of your cough, choose the appropriate medicine for treatment.

In addition, many coughs are caused by bronchitis, and there are usually infections. In this case, anti-inflammatory drugs such as amoxicillin should also be taken at the same time to completely eliminate the source of infection, so as to relieve cough and prevent cough recurrence.

2, diet therapy to treat cough

In addition to medication, diet therapy can also effectively relieve cough symptoms. For example, we often use cough relieving methods, such as scrambled eggs with sesame oil, steamed pears with fritillary bulb, white radish honey, rock sugar bird's nest porridge and so on. These ingredients have the effect of clearing away lung heat and can effectively treat cough with excessive phlegm.

3, scraping, moxibustion and other therapies.

Cough can be treated by scraping, especially cough caused by a cold, preferably in the early stage of a cold, such as when you have just sneezed. Scrape the head and neck and the whole back, bladder meridian. You can also scrape the intestines and lungs. Acupoints should be selected according to specific conditions. But it must be noted that if it is a severe cough, it is still necessary to give priority to drug treatment, supplemented by scraping.

Second, the precautions for coughing

1, you can't eat peanuts, melon seeds, chocolate and other foods, because these things are oily, which will cause the breeding of phlegm, which will lead to an aggravated cough.

2, cold and sour food can not be eaten, these foods will cause irritation to the throat, making it difficult to cough up and make the cough worse.

3, it is best not to eat some supplements when coughing, so as not to keep the supplements evil and make the cough difficult to heal.

4, stay away from fried and fried foods, such foods are easy to breed sputum, making cough more difficult to heal.