Is coughing up thick phlegm a detoxification?

Coughing up thick phlegm has a certain detoxifying effect. We know that in daily life, if we have a cold, bronchitis or asthma, we often cough, and sometimes we cough up thick phlegm. When the phlegm is just purulent, it will make the patient feel more comfortable. So it also has a certain detoxifying effect. At this time, we should emphasize nutrition and eat more foods that can promote phlegm.

Use cough medicine as soon as you cough, beware of "leading snakes into the body"

If the flu is still at the "exterior symptom" stage at the beginning, Chinese medicine emphasizes "clearing the exterior". "For wind-heat type colds, you can use Ganmao Qingre Chongji. If it is a wind-cold cold, you can use Jingfang Baidu San. If you use the wrong medicine, such as some astringent medicine, it is easy to make the disease 'spread from the exterior to the interior', which is what Chinese medicine often calls 'luring the snake in' and 'keeping the enemy at home'."

Don't abuse antibiotics for chronic cough

Some people have very stubborn coughs, which last for months or even decades. They have undergone numerous tests and used a large number of antibiotics, but the cough just won't go away. Medically, coughs that last for 8 weeks or longer are defined as chronic coughs.

The most common causes of chronic cough in my country include: cough variant asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, gastroesophageal reflux cough, upper airway cough syndrome, and allergic cough. These causes account for 77% of the causes of chronic cough. Since patients with chronic cough have few accompanying symptoms and no abnormalities are found in X-ray examinations, the misdiagnosis rate is quite high. "According to a survey conducted by the Institute of Respiratory Diseases, approximately 76% of patients with chronic cough were misdiagnosed as 'chronic bronchitis' or 'chronic pharyngitis', and 92% of them had been treated with antibiotics. The average duration of visits was 3 years, the longest was 20 years, and the highest number of visits was 100."

Experts point out that in addition to observing symptoms and signs, it is also very important to conduct targeted examinations in diagnosing chronic cough, such as pulmonary ventilation function + bronchial provocation test, induced sputum, esophageal pH monitoring, nasopharyngeal endoscopy, fiber bronchoscopy and other examinations. Appropriate examinations are conducive to the early diagnosis and targeted treatment of chronic cough. Therefore, patients with chronic cough should pay full attention and are advised to see a respiratory specialist. Only specific treatment based on the cause can achieve good results. Do not abuse antibiotics for self-treatment. This will not only have poor therapeutic effects, but will also easily increase bacterial resistance, which is not good for your health.