How to treat lung cold

Cold cough is a cough caused by cold stimulation, which is common in allergic cough, cough variant asthma, acute asthma attack, nasopharyngitis, bronchitis and early pneumonia. Different age groups have different characteristics: infants mainly have nasal congestion, wheezing and cough; Children often sneeze first and then cough, while school-age children often have dry cough and itchy throat first, then gasp and chest tightness, and have more attacks at night. The characteristics of cold and cough: First, there is a history of cold. Second, it is mainly dry cough, which may be accompanied by runny nose, sneezing, wheezing, shortness of breath, itchy throat, or scanty, thin and white sputum with foam, or fever, cold, cold hands and feet. Third, the tongue is pale and the tongue coating is white.

Cold weather, cold body and cold drinks are external causes; Yang deficiency of lung, spleen and kidney is the internal cause, and lung-cold phlegm is the basis of the disease. The pathogenesis is the combination of external pathogens and internal pathogens, with cold feeling and both internal and external injuries. Breathing up is cold cough.

Cold weather leads to cough and lung qi reaching the sky. When the weather is cold, the cold pathogen can be directly inhaled from the respiratory tract, hurting the yang. In modern language, the respiratory mucosa is stimulated by cold air, which will cause spasm, exudation and other pathological changes, causing cough.

Cough caused by cold drinks Chinese medicine says "cold drinks will hurt the lungs." In modern language, skin and digestive tract mucosa are stimulated by cold, which will indirectly lead to pathological changes such as respiratory spasm and exudation, and cause cough. Form cold means that clothes are thin, so external cold enters the lungs from fur. Cold drink refers to the cold diet, and the cold directly goes up from the stomach meridian to the lungs, suppressing lung qi, thus forming lung cold.

Yang deficiency constitution is the main internal cause of cold and cough, and lung qi reaches the skin and reaches the waterway. Spleen, lung and kidney are closely related. Yang deficiency of spleen and kidney, abnormal lung water passage, and poor propaganda and descending, then water dampness and phlegm are blocked in the lung. The lung is a device for storing phlegm, so it is marked in the lung; Spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and the cold drink is ineffective, so it is the foundation of the spleen; Kidney is the innate foundation, kidney yang is the root of yang, and if the fire of Ming-men is insufficient, yang deficiency can't turn into water, so its root lies in kidney.

① San 'ao Decoction, Lu 'an Decoction, Gai Hua Powder, Xiaoqinglong Decoction, Shegan Mahuang Decoction, Xiaochaihu Decoction, Maimendong Decoction, Gui Ling Shugan Decoction and Shenqi Pill are commonly used to treat cough.

Ginger, dried ginger, asarum, Schisandra chinensis and Pinellia ternata are often used together, accompanied by external cold. Ephedra is added to exterior excess, cassia twig is added to exterior deficiency, almond is added to relieve asthma, Poria is added to those who can't drink water due to spleen deficiency, and Alisma orientalis is added to those who have kidney deficiency. When the water stagnates and turns into heat, Belamcanda, Fructus Arctii and Fructus Canarii Albi are added for those with throat symptoms, and Ophiopogon japonicus is added for those with chronic yin injury. For patients with lung meridian heat, gypsum is added for those with exterior syndrome, and Scutellaria baicalensis is added for those without exterior syndrome; Bupleurum chinense is added for shaoyang syndrome, honeysuckle, forsythia, isatis leaf, isatis root, mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum are added for wind-warm syndrome, Acorus gramineus, cardamom and coix seed are added for wet-warm syndrome, and Flos Magnoliae and Flos Farfarae are added for wind-evil syndrome.

② Acupoint external application, atomized inhalation and intravenous drip therapy can also be selected.

③ Prevention: Avoid catching cold, and increase or decrease clothes and quilts in time as the temperature changes; Try to drink hot soup and less yogurt and cold drinks; Actively prevent respiratory tract infection; Prevent allergies and try to avoid contact with allergens.

Cold-resistant exercise is the best choice. Measures for cold-resistant exercise include wearing less clothes, proper contact with cold water, giving priority to frequent exposure of infants to air, walking for children, and morning running for school-age children. It should be gradual, inclusive and persistent. After cold-resistant exercise, the adaptability to cold can be increased and the incidence is less.