What to do if you have pharyngitis and keep coughing? An old Chinese doctor teaches you how to stop coughing due to syndrome differentiation

Pharyngitis is a common disease. In addition to the feeling of foreign body in the throat, nausea and retching, the most common symptom of pharyngitis is coughing. Although pharyngitis cough is not a fatal disease, it still has a great impact on our lives, so we still need to treat the cough.

1: Symptoms include red and swollen throat, heavy cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, difficulty in expectoration, headache, thirst, thin yellow tongue coating, and floating pulse. You can choose Sangju Yin with modifications. The medicinal ingredients include mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, almonds, platycodon, mint, burdock seeds, cicada shells, isatis root, reed root, light bamboo leaves, and raw licorice.

1: Symptoms include sore throat, cough with yellow and sticky sputum, or purulent sputum with a fishy smell, stuffy pain in the chest, irritability, dry mouth and throat, short and red urine, constipation, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse, etc. You can choose Qingqi Huatan Pills with modifications, and use medicinal materials such as Fritillaria, Trichosanthes peel, Lemongrass seed, Scutellaria baicalensis, Tianzhuhuang, Haipium, Houttuynia cordata, Arisaema consanguineum, Perilla seed, and loquat leaf.

1: Symptoms include dry and itchy throat, cough and shortness of breath, small and sticky sputum that is not easy to cough up, dry mouth and nose, thirst and desire to drink, little urine and dry stool, dry skin, red tongue with little fluid, and a stringy and rapid pulse. You can choose to use Adenophora Ophiopogonis Decoction with modifications. The medicinal herbs include Adenophora Ophiopogonis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Lilium, Polygonatum odoratum, Radix Trichosanthis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Fritillaria thunbergii, Trichosanthes fruit shell, Dendrobium candidum, Citrus aurantium peel, and Arisaema consanguineum.

1: Symptoms include dry throat and bitter mouth, choking cough and breath reverse, difficult sputum discharge, red face when coughing, pulling pain in the chest and ribs, irritability, short and yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse. Qingjin Huatan Decoction can be used with modifications. Medicinal ingredients include Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Gentiana scabra, Platycodon grandiflorum, Morus alba, Apricot kernel, Ophiopogon japonicus, Forsythia suspensa, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Fritillaria thunbergii, Cucurbitacin, and Licorice.

1: Symptoms include feeling like there is something stuck in the throat, coughing with phlegm, white and sticky phlegm, chest tightness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and loose stools, enlarged tongue, greasy tongue coating, and slippery and slow pulse. You can use Wen Dan Tang with modifications. The medicinal ingredients include tangerine peel, pinellia, atractylodes, magnolia bark, poria, inula flower, white mustard seed, fructus aurantii, fritillaria, coltsfoot, scutellaria baicalensis, and aster.

1: Symptoms include sore and astringent throat, hoarseness, cough and shortness of breath, small amount of thick sputum that is difficult to cough up, or sputum with blood, dry mouth and nose, irritability and insomnia, hot flashes and night sweats, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse. You can choose to use Lily Gujin Decoction with modifications. The medicinal materials include lily, rehmannia, Scrophularia, Fritillaria, Platycodon, Ophiopogon, White Peony, Angelica, Adenophora, Polygonatum, and Perilla.

Don’t mix foods randomly. For example, mixing eggs and potatoes can easily cause poisoning. These are things you need to pay attention to. In addition, the most important thing in treating diseases is to strengthen physical fitness and immunity. That’s why exercise is important.