What medicine is good for phlegm in the throat? Chinese patent medicine is the best choice

The phlegm in the throat may be of five types: cold phlegm, wind phlegm, hot phlegm, wet phlegm, and dry phlegm. If you rely on medication to treat it, you need to figure out which type of phlegm it is so that you can prescribe the right medicine. At present, fresh bamboo sap water, compound bamboo sap water (Qutanling), Tan Kejing, etc. are common Chinese patent medicines for treating phlegm in the throat, and the therapeutic effect is good.

1. Treatment for always feeling phlegm in the throat

1. Cold Phlegm

When the cold evil invades the lungs, the body fluid in the lungs condenses into phlegm. The sputum is white, the patient is afraid of cold, likes hot drinks, the tongue coating is thin white or greasy, Xiaoqinglong Decoction with modifications: 6 grams of cinnamon twig, 10 grams of processed pinellia, 6 grams of dried ginger, 3 grams of fine ginger, 10 grams of almond, and 6 grams of white mustard. If there is asthma, add 6-9 grams of roasted ephedra.

2. Wind and phlegm

It is caused by wind evil invading the lungs, i.e. cold. At first, the sputum is white and thin, which may turn into yellow and sticky sputum. The patient is afraid of wind. The tongue coating is white at first, and then turns into thin yellow. Xingsu Decoction with modifications: 10 grams of apricot kernel, 6 grams of perilla leaf, 6 grams of schizonepeta, 10 grams of peucedanum, 10 grams of platycodon, and 10 grams of radix scutellariae. When the sputum turns yellow, add 6 grams of Biliary Starch, 10 grams of Forsythia suspensa, and 12 grams of Honeysuckle.

3. Hot phlegm

After a few days of high fever caused by heat evil invading the lungs or being affected by wind or cold evil, the body fluids are burned and converted into yellow sticky phlegm. The patient is afraid of heat and likes cold drinks. The tongue is red with yellow greasy coating. The modified version of Xiebai San: 10 grams of Morus alba bark, 10 grams of Rehmannia root bark, 5 grams of liquorice, 30 grams of gypsum, 10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 10 grams of Apricot kernel, and 6 grams of Gastrodia elata.

4. Damp phlegm

Dampness invades the human body (such as living in a humid environment), causing lung and spleen dysfunction or improper diet leading to metabolic disorders. The sputum is white and watery. The patient has symptoms such as heaviness, fatigue or loose stools. The tongue coating is thin white or greasy. Erchen Decoction with added ingredients: 10 grams of processed Pinellia, 10 grams of Tangerine Peel, 10 grams of Poria, 5 grams of Roasted Licorice, 10 grams of Apricot, 15 grams of Coix Seed, and 10 grams each of Atractylodes.

5. Dry phlegm

Due to long-term drought and dry climate, dry evil invades the lungs, the sputum is thick and difficult to cough up, or there is coughing up blood, the patient feels dryness in the mouth, nose and throat, and the tongue coating is thin yellow. The Qingzao Jiufei Decoction includes: 15 grams of Northern Adenophora, 10 grams each of Asparagus and Ophiopogon, 30 grams of Gypsum, 10 grams of roasted loquat leaves, 10 grams of apricot kernel, 15 grams of Rehmannia, 10 grams of Fritillaria thunbergii, and 15 grams of Polygonatum odoratum.

2. Chinese patent medicine for expectoration

1. Fresh bamboo shoot water: 3-4 times a day, 10-15 ml each time.

2. Compound Bamboo Juice Water (Expectorant): 2 bottles 3 times a day.

3. Clear up phlegm and cough: 3 times a day, 1 spoon each time.

3. Dietary remedies for reducing phlegm and relieving cough

1. Corn silk and orange peel can treat cough

Appropriate amounts of corn silk and orange peel. Add water and boil together, take twice a day; it can relieve cough and reduce phlegm, treat wind-cold cough and excessive phlegm.

2. Stewed pears with rock sugar to reduce phlegm and relieve cough

Peel the fresh pears, split them open and remove the cores. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar and steam them in a pot until soft.

3. Radish and pig lung cough soup

1 radish, 1 pig lung, 15 grams of almonds. Add water and cook for 1 hour, eat the meat and drink the soup; it can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, relieve cough and asthma, and treat long-term cough, excessive phlegm and shortness of breath.

4. Peanut and Adenophora Soup for Cough and Less Phlegm

25 grams each of peanuts, ginkgo nuts, lilies, and northern adenophora, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Decoction in water to extract juice, add rock sugar, take 1 dose daily; it moistens the lungs and resolves phlegm, treats chronic cough with little phlegm, shortness of breath and dry throat.

5. Tofu candy relieves cough, phlegm and asthma

500 grams of tofu, 100 grams each of brown sugar and white sugar. Dig a hole in the tofu, add red and white sugar, put it in a bowl and cook for 30 minutes; eat it all at once, take 4 times in a row; it can clear away heat, promote salivation, moisten dryness, and treat cough, phlegm and asthma.