What are the Chinese patent medicines that can strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm?

Having phlegm in the throat is not unfamiliar to smokers, because the more you smoke, the higher the chance of this happening. Of course, it may also be caused by other diseases. If you have phlegm, you need to cough it out in time. If you cannot do this, you should use medication to help yourself, otherwise the phlegm will increase and affect your normal breathing. So, what are the Chinese patent medicines that can strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm?

1. Chuanbei loquat paste

Ingredients: Fritillaria cirrhosa, loquat leaf, Adenophora australis, Poria, Citrus aurantium, Platycodon grandiflorum, Pinellia ternata, Schisandra chinensis, Fructus trichosanthis, Coltsfoot flower, Polygala tenuifolia, Bitter almond, Ginger, Licorice, Almond water, Menthol.

Functions and indications: moistens the lungs and resolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma, protects the throat and relieves sore throat. Suitable for colds, coughs, thick phlegm, asthma due to excessive phlegm, and dry and itchy throat.

2. Loquat dew for cough

Ingredients: loquat leaf, stemona, peucedanum, platycodon grandiflorum, mulberry bark.

Functions and indications: Clears lung heat, relieves cough and eliminates phlegm. It is used for dry mouth, thirst, cough with excessive sputum and bronchitis cough caused by wind-heat invading the lungs.

3. Qutanling oral liquid (

Ingredients: Fresh bamboo juice, Houttuynia cordata.

Functions and indications: Clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Used for cough due to phlegm and heat.

4. Tangerine Cough Syrup

Ingredients: Huajuhong, Stemona tuberosa (roasted with honey), Poria, Pinellia (processed), Radix Dioscoreae, Licorice, Bitter Apricot, Schisandra chinensis.

Functions and indications: Regulating Qi and eliminating phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Used to treat symptoms such as cough with sputum, and asthma caused by colds, bronchitis, and pharyngitis.

Other Chinese patent medicines containing tangerine peel included in the pharmacopoeia include: Tangerine Peel Pills (tablets, granules, capsules), Expectorant Tangerine Peel Oral Liquid (Pills), etc.

5. Loquat leaf paste

Ingredients: Loquat leaves.

Functions and indications: Clears the lungs and moistens dryness, relieves cough and reduces phlegm.

Other medicines containing loquat leaves included in the pharmacopoeia include: loquat cough capsules, Chuanbei loquat syrup, etc.

6. Cough and phlegm pills

Ingredients: Ephedra, Licorice, Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, Asarum, Schisandra, Curcuma, Dried Ginger, Platycodon, Belamcanda, Lemongrass, Gleditsia sinensis, Stemona, and Red Dates.

Functions and indications: Relieve cough and phlegm, and relieve asthma. Used for asthma, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath and hoarseness in the throat, etc.

7. Expectorant and cough-relieving capsules

Ingredients: Rhododendron purpurogenum, Codonopsis pilosula, Gelsemium elegans (made with vinegar), Pinellia ternata, Daphne genkwa (made with vinegar), and alum.

Functions and indications: Strengthens the spleen and dries dampness, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough. It is mainly used for symptoms such as excessive sputum, cough, and wheezing caused by chronic bronchitis and bronchitis combined with emphysema and cor pulmonale.