Mr. Liu, a 53-year-old man, has been coughing back for nearly four years, and every time he gets sick, he has a violent cough, mainly dry, and the symptoms are more severe at night. After a detailed examination by a respiratory doctor, he was diagnosed"Cough variant asthma"。Although oral cough suppressants relieved his symptoms, it was easy to relapse after stopping the medication.
Recently, Mr. Lau felt an itchy throat due to a cold, but he did not feel any pain, but his cough and phlegm production worsened. His physical examination showed congestion in his throat and no unusual signs in his heart and lungs. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, his symptoms belong:"Cramps"Category, ** is the lungs of gold deficiency cold.
In order to ** Mr. Liu's symptoms, we adopted the treatment of warming the lungs and dissolving phlegm. By taking Chinese medicine, his cough has been significantly improved, and he has achieved the goal of consolidating the cure. However, even though his condition has stabilized, he still feels some itching in his throat and has some slight foreign body sensation. In addition, his stools and pee are normal, the color of his tongue is still pale red, and the tongue coating is also white.
Considering the current environmental concerns and the increase in chemicals, the incidence of allergic cough is increasing significantly. Among them, some of the patients' symptoms belong to cough variant asthma, a disease known in traditional Chinese medicine"Cramps"or"Wind cough", which is usually based on a lack of lung qi, accompanied by the manifestation of wind evil invading the body surface. Therefore, this kind of disease often needs to take into account both the need to nourish the lungs and replenish vitality.
For patients like Mr. Liu, I paid special attention to the method of warming the lungs and cultivating soil during the ** process, and also used traditional Chinese medicine to dissolve phlegm to solve his symptoms. Although his cough has completely disappeared, I still added some Chinese medicine to him that can help his throat and dispell wind and nourish his vitality to consolidate his ** effect. Finally, he was also reminded to keep warm when he went out to avoid being stimulated by cold air again. Cough variant asthma