What causes coughing and heart pain

Coughing is a common occurrence and can be caused by many situations, such as choking on water, sore throat caused by a cold, coughing up phlegm caused by getting angry, etc. Some people don't feel anything when they cough, but for others, their hearts hurt when they cough. People in this situation are very scared, fearing that they have a heart disease. In fact, the reason for coughing and heart pain may be caused by coughing too much. Let’s learn about the types of coughs.

1. Cold and cough

The cough is strong, heavy and urgent, with thin white sputum, accompanied by nasal congestion, clear nasal discharge, headache, chills and fever, little sweating, and a thin white tongue coating.

Recommendation: Dispel wind and cold, clear the lungs and relieve cough, drink ginger and brown sugar water.

2. Wind-heat cough

Frequent coughing, hoarseness, sore throat, dry throat, thick and yellow sputum, accompanied by runny yellow nose, thirst, headache, and thin yellow tongue coating.

Recommendation: Soothe wind and heat, promote lung function and relieve cough. Figs, honeysuckle.

3. Wind-induced cough

Dry cough, dry nose, dry, sore and itchy throat, no phlegm or little phlegm, dry mouth and lack of saliva.

Recommendation: Soothe wind and clear the lungs, moisten dryness and relieve cough. Rock sugar snow pear.

4. Phlegm-damp cough

Recurrent coughing, heavy and turbid cough, excessive sputum, sticky and lumpy sputum, loss of appetite, fatigue, and greasy white tongue coating.

Recommendation: Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, regulating qi and relieving cough. Tangerine peel and licorice.

5. Phlegm-heat cough

The cough is rough and rapid, with thick and yellow sputum or blood in sputum, chest tightness, pain when coughing, flushed face, fever, and frequent desire to drink water. The tongue coating is thin, yellow and greasy.

Recommendation: Clear away heat, soothe the lungs, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. Houttuynia cordata, Momordica grosvenori.

6. Liver fire cough

It is easy to cough when inhaling, the face turns red when coughing, the throat is dry and accompanied by bitter taste in the mouth, the throat often feels blocked by phlegm and difficult to cough out, chest tightness and pain, the tongue is red or the edges of the tongue are red, and the tongue coating is thin yellow and less moist.

Recommendation: Clear the lungs and relieve the liver, regulate qi and reduce fire. Almonds, persimmons.

7. Cough due to deficiency of lung yin

The cough is dry, acute, short, or there is blood in the sputum. Hoarseness, dry mouth and throat, night sweats, gradual weight loss, and easy fatigue.

Recommendation: Nourish yin and moisten the lungs. Ophiopogon japonicus and duck meat.

8. Lung Qi Deficiency Cough:

The cough is labored, with shortness of breath, difficulty catching breath, clear, thin, white sputum in large quantities, easy fatigue, poor appetite, pale complexion, fear of wind, spontaneous sweating, and a pale tongue coating.

Recommendation: Nourish qi and warm the lungs, relieve cough and reduce phlegm. Ginger and ginseng.