Is it better to treat cough with Chinese medicine or Western medicine?

Cough is a very common disease in people's daily life. There are many reasons for this condition. It may be a bronchial disease, a throat disease, or a complication caused by a cold. No matter which situation causes it, the impact on the human body is very large. People need to understand the cause in detail and take some measures to treat it. So let's introduce whether it is better to see Chinese medicine or Western medicine to treat cough.

Both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have certain effects on stubborn cough. Common Western medicine treatments include cough suppressants and inhaled hormone drugs. There is also gabapentin, which was previously a neurological drug and is now also introduced to treat cough hypersensitivity syndrome, with good results. However, Western medicine also has its disadvantages. For example, it is very effective when used, but the disease is prone to recurrence after the medication is stopped. However, antitussive drugs only have a central antitussive effect and can rarely treat the cause of the disease, but can only relieve symptoms. Inhaled hormone drugs also act locally, but in small dosages, and local effects can relieve symptoms more quickly. But hormone drugs have some side effects, such as causing respiratory infections and other troubles for patients. Traditional Chinese medicine also has certain advantages, such as being relatively cheap and having good results. However, Chinese medicine does not work as quickly as Western medicine and lasts slightly longer than Western medicine, but in general, recurrence is rare after stopping the medication.

Ways to treat cough:

1. Brown sugar ginger soup

Ingredients: brown sugar, ginger

Method: Slice the ginger in advance, boil water in a casserole, add brown sugar after the water boils, after the brown sugar melts, add the ginger slices and boil for ten minutes.

Suitable for: occasional cold.

2. Egg Custard

Ingredients: 2 eggs

Method: Beat two eggs into a bowl, add slightly more water than the eggs (about 1:1), add salt and stir, then pour through gauze to filter, and finally steam in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes. After finishing, add a few drops of sesame oil.

Suitable for: cough caused by colds

3. Soy milk

Ingredients: Some soybeans

Method: Soak the soybeans in advance for more than 3 hours, then grind them in a soymilk maker, filter out the soymilk residue, then boil them in a pot and add a little white sugar. Put the soy milk into a bottle and let it cool, then drink it on an empty stomach in the morning.

Suitable for: cough caused by lung disease

4. Ginger and Egg

Ingredients: One piece of ginger, four eggs

Method: Mash the ginger, add the eggs and mix well. Do not add any seasoning, as it will not work. Heat the pan, then add a few drops of sesame oil and fry the eggs with the sesame oil. Remove from the pan when the eggs are 70% cooked.

Suitable for: Nourishing Yin and Clearing Heat

5. Rock Sugar Pear

Ingredients: one pear, some rock sugar (depending on your taste)

Method: Peel the pear, use a knife to remove the core of the pear to make it hollow, then put rock sugar and a little water in the hollow position. Put the prepared pears into a porcelain bowl, then put it into a pot and steam it for one hour.

Applicable to: cough caused by lung heat, can play the role of clearing heat and detoxification

6. Radish and ginger soup

Ingredients: one carrot, one piece of ginger, one or two pieces of rock sugar

Slice the radish and ginger, boil water, add rock sugar and wait until it melts, then add 5 slices of radish and 5 slices of ginger, simmer on low heat for half an hour and then drink.

Suitable for: cough and phlegm

7. Contains ginger slices

Ingredients: Ginger slices

Method: Slice the ginger, then put it in your mouth without chewing or swallowing it. Spit it out when you feel that it has no taste. This can effectively solve the problem of cough caused by phlegm.

Suitable for: cough with lots of phlegm