​What is the reason for coughing with yellow phlegm? It may be a wind-heat cold

People are most likely to cough and have yellow phlegm in spring and summer, which is mostly caused by wind-heat cold. If the condition is more serious, the patient will also experience fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, etc.

1. Coughing with yellow phlegm may be a wind-heat cold. Common symptoms include red, swollen and painful throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion and yellow mucus, etc., which often occur in spring and summer. Symptoms include fever, thirst, and desire to drink water. When coughing, yellow sputum will be coughed up, and the sputum will be difficult to cough up. Symptoms such as hoarseness will also occur.

2. Most coughs with yellow sputum are caused by wind-heat in condyloma acuminatum, which is a wind-heat type cough. Coughing with yellow phlegm is mostly a wind-heat or damp-heat type cough.

3. Therefore, patients with wind-heat cold should not eat greasy, sweet, and hot foods, such as mutton, dog meat, donkey-hide gelatin, etc. You can take drugs that clear heat and relieve exterior symptoms orally, such as Isatis Root Granules, Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets, etc.

White sputum is a sign of deficiency, while yellow sputum is a sign of excess. According to traditional Chinese medicine, this is caused by lung qi deficiency and lung cold.

You can choose some dietary remedies:

1. Boil red beans and eat 1 or 2 bowls of soup and beans at each meal, which has a very good effect.

2. Soak ginger slices in brown sugar water and eat them as snacks. It is very effective for coughing.

3. Soak white radish in honey: First take a white radish, wash and peel it, cut it into dices as big as soybeans. Take half a bottle of honey and pour the chopped radish into the honey. The amount of radish poured in is determined by the height of the honey. That is to say, the amount of radish poured in should correspond to the height of the honey. It's done. After about 2 hours, pour out a tablespoon of this radish honey juice, dilute it with warm water, and drink it 4-5 times a day. This method also has a certain effect on asthma.