Which Chinese medicines are better for relieving cough?

Cough is a respiratory disease and also a relatively stubborn disease. Many times when we have a mild cough, we ignore it, so the disease is delayed and becomes more and more serious until the cough becomes severe and affects our life and work, and then we remember to seek treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine also has a good effect in treating cough. Find out which traditional Chinese medicines are better for relieving cough.

An introduction to the effects of Chinese herbal cough suppressants and what types of coughs are suitable for them:

(1) Platycodon grandiflorum:

It has anti-inflammatory effects and can be used in combination with other drugs to treat sore throat, colds, coughs, and other respiratory tract inflammations such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

(2) Licorice:

Glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhizin, and licorice fluid extract administered by oral gavage have an antitussive effect on cough in mice caused by ammonia and sulfur dioxide, and have an expectorant effect. They can promote the secretion of the pharyngeal and bronchial mucosa, dilute the thick sputum and make it easier to cough up. This drug is used in the formula of the commonly used children's medicine, Children's Lung Heat Cough and Asthma Oral Liquid.

(3) Fritillaria cirrhosa:

It is widely used to treat chronic and acute tracheitis, cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection and tuberculosis, especially after the upper respiratory tract infection has been controlled. Still coughing and having difficulty spitting.

(4) Hundreds of volumes:

Bioalkali has the effect of relaxing bronchial smooth muscle spasms, reducing the excitability of the animal's respiratory central nervous system, and inhibiting the cough reflex, thus having an antitussive effect.

(5) Aster:

It contains aster saponins, asterone and volatile oils; pharmacological experiments have shown that aster decoction has antitussive and expectorant effects; aster has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi.

(6) Herba Lycopodii:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is cold in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, and has the function of promoting the flow of qi and water. It is suitable for symptoms such as lung congestion and wheezing, phlegm and cough, and edema.

(7) Almonds:

Bitter almonds contain amygdalin, which can be hydrolyzed in the body by intestinal microbial enzymes or the amygdalin contained in the bitter almonds themselves, producing trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde, which have an inhibitory effect on the respiratory center, achieving antitussive and antiasthmatic effects. The almonds in the ancient prescription Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang play this role.