What is the disease of long-term spitting white sputum?

Phlegm is formed when the human immune system devours viruses that invade the body. The state and color of the phlegm represent the health of the body. The state of the phlegm can be used to judge one's own condition and decide what medicine to take. Phlegm is divided into white phlegm and yellow phlegm. White phlegm is cold, while yellow phlegm is dry. If you spit out white phlegm for a long time, it means that your body is cold and your lungs are invaded by wind and cold. You should eat some cold-dispelling foods, such as ginger water.

Cough with white phlegm is it caused by cold or heat?

Coughing with white phlegm is caused by cold. The symptom of coughing and spitting white phlegm is a manifestation of cold phlegm. The phlegm caused by cold phlegm and lung qi deficiency is all white. Wind-cold cough is a cough caused by the body's exposure to wind-cold and the failure of lung qi to flow. The main symptoms are frequent coughing, itchy throat, chills and headache, clear nasal discharge or cough with thick, white and thin sputum. Treatment should dispel cold and relieve cough. It is recommended that you eat more mild foods such as ginger and pepper, and less cold drinks. Also, phlegm caused by spleen deficiency is also white.

Cough with yellow phlegm is a hot cough

Yellow sputum is caused by long-term illness and is a type of lung heat cough. One reason is that the body itself is affected by wind-heat, resulting in yellow sputum, dry and uncomfortable nose, and nasal congestion. Another reason is that cold turns into heat, forming yellow sputum and causing symptoms of internal heat cough. Heat cough is caused by the body being attacked by wind-heat evil spirits or excessive fire in the body, which leads to heat stagnation in the lungs and the lungs' inability to clear and vent. Its main clinical manifestations include cough, thick yellow sputum that is difficult to cough up, dry and painful throat, hoarseness, and the tongue coating may be red, thin yellow, or greasy.

Cough with white phlegm and cold cough folk remedies

1. Steamed garlic water

Chop a few cloves of garlic and place in a covered bowl with water. Put it in a steamer and steam for ten minutes, then drink the water. This method is most effective for cough caused by cold.

2. Roasted oranges

Tangerine peel can be processed into dried tangerine peel and tangerine peel. Tangerine peel is tangerine peel with the white core scraped off. Tangerine peel is effective for cough caused by exogenous wind-cold, but tangerine peel is generally dry. To dispel cold, you need to utilize the pungent nature of tangerine peel. At this time, fresh tangerine peel has better medicinal properties. When you roast oranges, something will erupt from the surface of the orange where it touches the flame, and this eruption will also occur inside the orange, so that the orange flesh will have the medicinal effects of the orange peel. Roasted oranges are effective for milder coughs caused by colds. After being roasted, the orange peel will have the moisturizing and cough-relieving effects similar to dried tangerine peel. The orange peel’s pith also has the effect of reducing phlegm. Oranges themselves are rich in vitamin C, which is a good nutritional supplement for the body when people are sick.

However, this method can only treat milder coughs caused by cold. If there are also symptoms such as fever, fear of cold, laziness, etc., you must seek medical attention in time.

3. Scrambled eggs with sesame oil and minced ginger

Put a small spoonful of sesame oil into the wok, add the minced ginger when the oil is hot, fry it in the oil for a while, then beat in an egg and stir well. If you have a cough caused by cold or physical weakness, eat it once every night while it is hot before going to bed. If you persist in eating it for a few days, you will see obvious results.

4. Pear + Sichuan pepper + rock sugar

Wash a pear, cut it in half horizontally and remove the core. Add 20 peppercorns and 2 crystal sugars. Put the pear halves in a bowl and steam it for about half an hour. One pear can be eaten in two times. Steamed pears with pepper and rock sugar are very effective in treating cold and cough.