Sensitive and easy coughing of the respiratory tract is usually related to the dysfunction of the lungs in TCM theory. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are the main qi, the breath, the opening of the nose, the outer fur, the main Xuanfa and the waterway.
Therefore, when the respiratory tract is sensitive and easy to cough, TCM** usually starts with regulating lung function, enhancing lung qi, relieving cough and asthma, etc.
1. Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning
TCM will use the corresponding Chinese medicine according to the specific symptoms of the patient, such as cough, wheezing, sore throat, phlegm, etc.**.
Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include ephedra, almond, gypsum, licorice, bellflower, mulberry bark, etc., which have the effects of relieving cough, relieving asthma and dissolving phlegm, clearing heat and detoxifying.
2. Acupuncture**
Acupuncture is one of the common methods of traditional Chinese medicine** for sensitive and easy coughing of the respiratory tract.
Acupuncture can relieve cough symptoms by stimulating acupuncture points, regulating qi and blood, and enhancing lung qi. Commonly used acupuncture points include Lung Yu, Fengmen, Dazhu, Dingchuan and so on.
3. Tuina massage
Tuina massage is also one of the common methods of traditional Chinese medicine** respiratory tract sensitive and easy to cough. By massaging the relevant acupuncture points and meridians, it can promote the circulation of qi and blood, enhance the lung qi, and thus relieve the symptoms of cough. Commonly used massage acupoints are Zhongfu, Yunmen, Tianfu, Xia Bai and so on.
4. Diet conditioning
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diet also has a certain impact on respiratory tract sensitivity and coughing.
Therefore, patients should pay attention to dietary conditioning in daily life, avoid eating too spicy, greasy, raw and cold food, and eat more light, easy to digest, and nutritious foods, such as pears, lotus roots, lilies, radish, etc., which have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, clearing heat and detoxifying.
In short, there are many ways to cough with sensitive respiratory tract in TCM**, including traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, acupuncture**, massage and dietary conditioning, etc.