Treat cough and observe sounds

　　Recurrent coughs affect people's normal life and work. Severe coughs can also lead to hypoxia. Generally, coughs are caused by colds, and the treatment of some coughs requires syndrome differentiation.

　　Treat cough and observe sounds

　　Distinguish between external infection and internal injury: Generally, cough due to external infection has an acute onset and short course. At the beginning, there are superficial symptoms or cough occurs at the same time, which is mostly syndrome; cough due to internal injury has a slow onset and long course. The onset is usually preceded by symptoms of organ imbalance, or lung and other organ diseases coexist, which are mostly deficiency syndrome or deficiency syndrome with excess syndrome.

　　Identification of sounds: Frequent and urgent coughs with heavy and turbid sounds are mostly coughs caused by exogenous wind-cold or phlegm-dampness; frequent coughs with clear sounds are mostly coughs caused by exogenous wind-heat or phlegm-heat; coughs with crisp and short sounds are mostly coughs caused by exogenous wind-dryness or dryness and heat; coughs that are aggravated in the morning, or worsened after eating raw and cold foods, are mostly phlegm-damp coughs; coughs in the afternoon or evening with light and short sounds are mostly coughs caused by yin deficiency; coughs that are aggravated while sleeping at night and have shortness of breath and shortness of breath are mostly coughs caused by deficiency and cold.

　　Differentiation of phlegm: White phlegm indicates wind-cold or dampness; yellow phlegm indicates heat; clear and thin phlegm indicates cold or dampness; thick phlegm indicates heat or dryness; clear, thin and foamy phlegm indicates dampness or spleen or kidney deficiency; blood in the phlegm indicates dryness, heat, or yin. Deficiency; coughing up blood and phlegm, mostly due to lung heat or yin deficiency; combination of phlegm and blood, indicating the formation of phlegm, heat and blood stasis; coughing with less phlegm is mostly due to dryness and heat and yin deficiency; those with hot and fishy smell are phlegm-heat; those with sweet and light taste are phlegm-dampness; those with salty taste are due to kidney deficiency.

　　In addition, cough should be distinguished from tuberculosis, pulmonary distension and asthma. Cough is one of the main symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis is caused by tuberculosis worms invading the lungs. Cough is accompanied by hemoptysis, chest pain, hot flashes, night sweats, weight loss and other symptoms. Lung distension is often accompanied by a history of cough, wheezing, wheezing and other symptoms. At the same time as coughing, there are also symptoms of chest fullness, shortness of breath, dull face, cyanosis of the lips and tongue, edema of the face and limbs, etc. The condition is lingering and difficult to heal for a long time. Although cough is also seen in asthma syndrome and asthma syndrome, wheezing and wheezing are the main clinical manifestations. The main manifestations of wheezing syndrome are obstruction of phlegm and Qi, wheezing in the throat and difficulty breathing, and even wheezing and being unable to lie down. The asthma syndrome is characterized by difficulty breathing, even opening the mouth and lifting the shoulders, flaring the nose, and being unable to lie down.

　　In terms of treatment, for exogenous coughs, the main focus is to dispel evils. Since the disease is in the lungs, the lungs should be dispersed to disperse the evils, and the evils should be removed and the evils should be removed. For those with internal injuries and coughs, the evils should be dispelled and the cough should be relieved, while strengthening the body. For those with the main deficiency, focus on strengthening the body and removing evils.