What should I do if I have a sore throat, cough and phlegm?

Coughing is generally a sign of lung disease, especially in the autumn and winter seasons when colds are more frequent. Many people will experience coughing and fever after catching a cold. In fact, coughing, phlegm, and itchy throat are mostly caused by wind-cold. Colds are generally divided into wind-cold and wind-heat colds, so they need to be treated differently. So what should I do if my throat is inflamed, I have a cough, and I have phlegm?

What should I do if I have a sore throat, cough and phlegm?

Wind and cold attack the lungs. Cough, thin white sputum, itchy throat, often accompanied by nasal congestion, clear runny nose, sneezing, chills, headache, joint pain, thin white tongue coating, and floating and tight pulse. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and cold, promoting lung function and relieving cough. Tongxuan Lifei Pills

(consisting of ephedra, perilla leaf, peucedanum, apricot kernel, platycodon, tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, and fructus aurantii, etc.), take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, with light ginger soup or warm water. Other medicines with similar effects include Ma Huang Zhisou Pills, Jieji Ningsou Pills, Xiaoqinglong Mixture (granules), etc., which can also be used as reference. Avoid eating raw, cold and greasy food. Patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes are prohibited from taking it.

Wind-heat attacks the lungs. Cough, rough and loud cough, thick and yellow sputum, uncomfortable sputum, accompanied by fever, aversion to wind, headache, sweating, dry throat and thirst, runny nose, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and rapid pulse. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and heat, promoting lung function and relieving cough. You can choose Lingyang Qingfei Pills (composed of Chinese medicines such as antelope horn powder, Fritillaria thunbergii, Isatis indigotica, mulberry bark, honeysuckle, almond, loquat leaf, scutellaria baicalensis, and Peucedanum chinense), take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, with warm water. Other products with similar effects include Sangju Cold Tablets, Chuanbei Cough Syrup, Snake Gall and Chuanbei Liquid (Powder), etc., which can also be used as reference. It is forbidden for patients with cold cough, stomach cold vomiting and diabetes.

Phlegm-heat stagnates in the lungs. Coughing and wheezing, with a lot of yellow and sticky sputum that is not easy to cough up, hot breath from the mouth and nose, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, sore throat and swollen throat, chest pain and tightness, yellow tongue coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse. The treatment is suitable for clearing the lungs, purging fire, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. You can choose Ermu Ningsou Pills (composed of Fritillaria thunbergii, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Gypsum, Baical Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Trichosanthes kirilowii bark, Morus alba bark, Schisandra chinensis, Tangerine peel, Poria cocos, Licorice, etc.), take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, with warm water. Other medicines with similar effects include Qingqi Huatan Pills, Lingyang Qingfei Pills, etc., which can be used as reference.

Phlegm and dampness accumulate in the lungs. Coughing with a lot of phlegm, which is white and sticky. The cough stops when the phlegm is discharged. It is accompanied by chest and abdominal distension, fatigue, heaviness and drowsiness, decreased appetite, nausea and vomiting, loose stools, white and greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse. The treatment is suitable for strengthening the spleen and drying dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. You can choose Qianjin Huatan Pills (composed of Pinellia ternata, Poria cocos, Tangerine peel, Aconitum carmichaelii, Atractylodes macrocephala, Citrus aurantium, Arisaema consanguineum, Pumice stone, Angelica sinensis, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Radix Trichosanthis, etc.), take 6 grams each time, 3 times a day, with warm water. Other medicines with similar effects include Erchen Pills, Juhong Pills, etc., which can also be used as reference.

Liver fire affects the lungs. When coughing, the face becomes red, the throat becomes dry and bitter in the mouth, and phlegm is blocked in the throat, but the cough cannot be coughed out. The amount is small and sticky or like cotton wool. There is distension and pain in the chest and flanks, and pain when coughing. Symptoms fluctuate with emotions. The tongue is red, the tongue coating is thin and yellow with little fluid, and the pulse is stringy and rapid. The treatment is suitable for clearing the lungs, purging the liver, regulating qi and reducing fire. You can choose to use Daihe San and Xiebai San with modifications (mulberry bark, Rehmannia root bark, Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Moutan bark, Indigo naturalis, sea clam shell, japonica rice, licorice, etc.). Make sure to keep your mood happy.

Deficiency of lung yin. Persistent cough, dry cough with little sputum or blood in the sputum, accompanied by weight loss, dry mouth and throat, hoarseness, hot flashes and night sweats, dull pain in the chest, red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. The treatment is suitable for nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. You can choose Yangyin Qingfei Pills (composed of raw rehmannia, Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, Fritillaria cirrhosa, White Peony Root, Cortex Moutan, Menthus, Licorice, etc.), take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, with warm water. Other medicines with similar effects include Lily Solidifying Gold Pills, Gecko Nourishing Lung Pills, etc., which can also be used as reference.