Cough-relieving and phlegm-resolving drugs refer to some drugs that can relieve or eliminate cough and phlegm turbidity, and are suitable for cough, phlegm and asthma.
① orange stem
Citrus peduncle is the root of Citrus peduncle, which contains citrinin, spinach sterol and its glycoside, citrinic acid, etc. Among them, hesperidin can stimulate mucosa, cause hypersecretion of mucosa, dilute sputum and promote its discharge; At the same time, saponins also have antitussive, sedative and antipyretic effects; In addition, the orange stem also has anti-inflammatory effect, so the application of orange stem combined with other drugs to treat sore throat, cold cough, and other respiratory inflammation, such as bronchitis and pneumonia, can achieve satisfactory results.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and has the functions of opening lung qi, eliminating phlegm and discharging pus, and is suitable for exogenous cold, sore throat, pulmonary abscess, coughing up pus and blood, dysentery and abdominal pain.
Dosage: generally 3-9 grams, not needed for some patients with cough.
② Fritillaria cirrhosa
Fritillaria cirrhosa is the underground bulb of Liliaceae plants Fritillaria cirrhosa, Fritillaria wallichiana and Fritillaria rugosa. It contains a variety of alkaloids, and the total alkaloids and non-alkaloids contained in it have antitussive and expectorant effects, so it is widely used to treat cough caused by chronic and acute tracheitis, upper respiratory tract infection and tuberculosis, especially for those who still cough after upper respiratory tract infection is controlled and spitting is unfavorable, taking Fritillaria Fritillariae Cirrhosae powder or Fritillaria Fritillariae Cirrhosae tablets is more effective.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, has the functions of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and resolving hard mass, and is suitable for fatigue cough, spitting and hemoptysis, chest depression, throat obstruction, lung flaccidity, carbuncle, breast carbuncle and so on.
Dosage: generally 3-9g, which can be grinded into fine powder and taken with the decoction, with 0.5g1.5g each time.
③ Aristolochia
Aristolochia is the fruit of Aristolochia nobilis and Aristolochia nobilis of Aristolochiaceae; Contains aristolochic acid, magnolin, aristolochic acid, etc. Studies have confirmed that Aristolochia has antibacterial effect and inhibitory effect on common pathogenic bacteria of respiratory tract infection; The expectorant and smooth muscle relaxing effects of its decoction; The aristolochic acid also has the functions of anti-cancer, anti-infection and enhancing the activity of phagocytes; In addition, madou Zhong also has a mild and lasting antihypertensive effect.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is cold in nature, bitter in taste and slightly pungent, and has the functions of clearing lung-heat, eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and is suitable for cough and asthma due to lung heat, shortness of breath due to phlegm, chronic cough due to lung deficiency, hemoptysis, aphonia, hemorrhoid and leakage, swelling and pain.
Dosage: generally 3-6 grams.
④ Pinellia ternata
Pinellia ternata is the underground tuber of Pinellia ternata of Araceae, which contains volatile oil, alkaloids, various amino acids, phytosterols and glycosides. Pharmacological studies have proved that Pinellia ternata has obvious antitussive and antiemetic effects, while raw Pinellia ternata has emetic effects. Therefore, Pinellia ternata is generally used to treat chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis and emesis caused by various reasons. In addition, Pinellia ternata has obvious anticancer activity and can be used to treat cervical pain and skin cancer.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is warm in nature, pungent in taste, toxic, has the functions of eliminating dampness, relieving vomiting, eliminating swelling and dissipating stagnation, and is suitable for cough with qi, phlegm and saliva stagnation, chest fullness and pain, carbuncle and carbuncle.
Dosage: generally 3-9 grams. It is forbidden to cut yin deficiency, lack of blood, insufficient body fluid, red tongue without coating and late pregnancy. Because Pinellia ternata is toxic, it needs to be processed before use.
⑤ Stemona
Stemona is a vine of Stemonaceae, which is opposite to Stemona lobata and Stemona lobata. Contains a variety of alkaloids, which can relax the spasm of bronchial smooth muscle, reduce the excitability of animal respiratory central nerve and inhibit cough reflex, thus having antitussive effect; Experiments show that Stemona decoction has inhibitory effect on many pathogenic bacteria and skin fungi; It also has inhibitory effect on some influenza viruses; In addition, it can kill mosquito and fly larvae, head lice, clothing lice and bedbugs.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature, sweet and pungent in taste, has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough and killing insects, and is suitable for cough due to wind-cold, tuberculosis, whooping cough, cough and asthma in the elderly, pinworm disease and external use to kill lice.
Dosage: generally 3-9 grams; Appropriate amount for external use; However, people with indigestion and diarrhea should not use it.
⑥ Qianhu
Peucedanum praeruptorum is the root of Peucedanum praeruptorum and Peucedanum purpurea in Umbelliferae, which contains volatile oil and many lactone compounds with similar structures. Peucedanum praeruptorum contains volatile oil, coumarins and mannitol, etc. Pharmacological tests show that Peucedanum praeruptorum decoction has the function of increasing respiratory secretion, so it has expectorant effect; Radix Peucedani decoction can inhibit influenza virus, and the lactone compounds contained in it have anti-pathogenic bacteria and anti-dermatophytes effects.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is cool in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, has the functions of dispelling wind, clearing away cooked food, lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, and is suitable for wind-heat headache, phlegm-heat cough and asthma, vomiting, chest and diaphragm fullness and other diseases.
Dosage: generally 3-9 grams.
Tussilago farfara is the flower bud of Tussilago farfara, which contains volatile oil, Farfara diol, aromatic glycoside and phytosterol. Pharmacological experiments show that Farfara Flos decoction has obvious antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effects to a certain extent.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is warm in nature, pungent in taste, has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is suitable for long-term cough, wheezing, blood in phlegm and so on.
Dosage: generally 3-9 grams, but it is forbidden to use for hot cough.
⑧ Aster
Aster is the root and rhizome of Aster in Compositae, which contains aster saponin, aster ketone and volatile oil. Pharmacological experiments show that Aster decoction has antitussive and expectorant effects; Aster has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli and typhoid Bacillus to varying degrees.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is mild in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and has the functions of relieving cough, resolving phlegm, calming asthma and relieving fever, and is suitable for cough and asthma due to wind-cold, cough and vomiting purulent blood due to fatigue, laryngitis and dysuria.
Dosage: 3-9 grams.
Pet-name ruby
Lepidium is the seed of Cruciferae, North America or Descurainia sophia; It contains fatty oil, protein, sugar, glucosinolate, etc. In addition, there are sitosterol and cardiac glycosides. It can strengthen the contraction of the heart, slow down the heart rate, increase the output of blood and reduce the venous pressure for the heart with failure.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is cold in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, and has the function of moving water under the qi, which is suitable for the symptoms such as wheezing in lung, cough due to phlegm, and swelling of water.