What are the methods of TCM to treat allergic cough?

Allergic cough is often easily confused with asthma, especially when some children suffer from this disease, their parents may mistakenly think they have asthma. However, although these are two different diseases, the same treatment method can be chosen, which is Chinese medicine. Unlike Western medicine, Chinese medicine is more effective in treating allergic coughs and has fewer side effects. So, what are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat allergic cough?

Chinese medicine for allergic cough

Acute phase: chronic cough with sputum. Ingredients: roasted ephedra 5g, almond 6g, licorice 6g, peucedanum 7g, platycodon 6g, tangerine peel 6g, mulberry bark 8g, aster 10g, cow seed 6g, beam dry 6g, perilla seed 6g, winter flower 10g. Remission phase: less cough, with sputum and more sweat. Ingredients: astragalus 6g, atractylodes 6g, poria 10g, mulberry bark 8g, schisandra 6g, aster 10g, winter flower 10g, raw dragon bone 10g, raw oyster 10g, white peony root 10g.

Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on overall conditioning. If you have swollen lymph nodes in your neck, please seek medical attention to check for tuberculosis. Long-term cough, clear runny nose, and sweating in children are manifestations of deficiency of both the lungs and spleen. Combined with previous medical history, it can be considered false. TCM diagnosis: Lung Yin deficiency and spleen Qi deficiency. Treatment method: Strengthen the exterior and stop sweating, nourish yin, moisten the lungs and produce body fluid. Prescription: Astragalus 12g, stir-fried Atractylodes 6g, Saposhnikovia 3g, Codonopsis pilosula 6g, Floating wheat 6g, Jujube 3g, Licorice 3g, Ophiopogon japonicus 6g, Polygonatum odoratum 6g, Adenophora 6g, stir-fried turtle shell 6g.

You can use Chinese medicine for conditioning, the prescription is: 5 grams of mulberry leaves, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 5 grams of scutellaria, 5 grams of siler, 5 grams of platycodon, 3 grams of raw licorice, 5 grams of belamcanda, 3 grams of burdock, 3 grams of cicada shell, and 10 grams of houttuynia cordata. 1 pair per day.

In clinical practice, some children's coughs cannot be cured for a long time. This has nothing to do with the children's body resistance, nutritional status and treatment methods, but is directly related to the parents' care, especially their diet.

When cough is accompanied by fever, you should pay attention to replenishing water for your child. Depending on the season, you can choose boiled water, herbal tea, cabbage soup, rice soup, fresh fruit juice (such as watermelon juice, sugarcane juice, orange juice), etc. At the same time, attention should be paid to supplementing vitamins, inorganic salts and appropriate amounts of protein, and let children eat some milk, eggs, vegetables, etc.

How to determine whether it is an allergic cough? First of all, allergic cough generally does not have symptoms of fever, and white foamy sputum will appear when it occurs. Secondly, the patient may rub his eyes, scratch his scalp, and sweat while sleeping. Third, most patients with allergic coughs mainly suffer from coughing but not wheezing.