What Chinese patent medicine can be used for Yin deficiency and dry cough

Yin deficiency and dry cough is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. Its main symptoms are long-term coughing, wheezing and hoarseness, which seriously affect the patient's lungs, so it needs to be treated with some Chinese medicine. However, this symptom is best treated with cough-relieving foods such as snow pear and Sichuan fritillary bulbs, or with autumn pear lung moistening paste to relieve lung heat and yin deficiency. Let us now introduce to you the traditional Chinese medicine treatment method for Yin deficiency and dry cough.

We are all familiar with the occurrence of long-term cough due to Yin deficiency in life. The appearance of this disease is mainly a symptom of endogenous deficiency heat. Many patients of different ages are caused by long-term cough damaging Yin, tuberculosis attacking the lungs, or Yin and fluid damage in the late stage of fever. The clinical manifestations are cough without sputum, or little and sticky sputum, dry mouth and throat, weight loss, hot flashes in the afternoon, fever in the five parts of the body, night sweats, red cheeks, and even blood in the sputum, hoarseness, red tongue with little fluid, and a thin and rapid pulse. It is more common in people with long-term cough and asthma or elderly people with yin deficiency, and often becomes a problem that troubles patients.

1. Some people suffer from yin deficiency and internal dryness, the lungs lose moisture, and their descending function is incapable of movement, causing lung qi to rise and cause long-term cough. This is mainly because the stomach is the source of yin fluids of the five internal organs. Therefore, replenishing the earth to produce gold and nourishing the stomach can transform lung heat and relieve cough. In the treatment of yin deficiency and lung heat, patients generally need to use drugs that nourish yin and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and relieve the exterior with pungent and cool drugs, such as snow pear, Adenophora radix, Ophiopogon japonicus, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Platycodon grandiflorum, mint, etc.

2. In addition, Autumn Pear Lung Moisturizing Paste is a Chinese patent medicine that is effective in treating lung heat and yin deficiency. In general, Autumn Pear Lung Moisturizing Paste has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and relieving throat pain. It is used for cough, shortness of breath, little sticky sputum, dry throat, sore throat and hoarseness caused by yin deficiency and lung heat. Lily nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, clears the heart and calms the mind; Fritillaria cirrhosa and Platycodon grandiflorum clear heat and phlegm, moistens the lungs and relieves cough;

3. Patients with Yin deficiency, dryness and heat cough present with dry cough with little sputum, or sputum with blood that is difficult to cough up, dry or painful throat, etc. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, dry cough symptoms are caused by lung yin deficiency. Patients with this symptom should pay attention to drinking more water, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and take some nourishing yin and clearing lung pills. Drinking some mung bean soup is also good.

Note: Coltsfoot flowers moisten the lungs and relieve qi, resolve phlegm and stop coughs; Ophiopogon japonicus nourishes yin and produces body fluids, moistens the lungs and clears the mind. Long-term chronic cough without sputum may be a sign of chronic pharyngitis. You can go to the hospital to see a doctor to check your throat for a confirmed diagnosis. Pay attention to your diet and eat less foods that irritate the throat. Men should use less eye drops to prevent this disease.