ShenNong:CoughLungDampness《cough_lung_dampness》

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Home > Examination and Diagnosis > Internal Medicine > Stop Coughing With Chinese Remedies > Herbal Remedies for Chronic Coughs - Phlegm-dampness Type Herbal Remedies for Chronic Coughs - Phlegm-dampness Type TCM types of chronic cough: Phlegm-dampness | Phlegm-heat | Liver-fire | Yin deficiency This is chronic coughing with copious mucus that is white and thick in nature. Other symptoms include a stuffy feeling in the chest or gastric region, poor appetite, fatigue, and sometimes loose bowels. The tongue coating is white and greasy; the pulse is hesitant androlling. The remedy should invigorate the spleen, dry dampness, resolve phlegm and arrest coughing. Sample prescription: Modified Citrus & Pinellia Decoction This is a classic formula for eliminating excessive phlegm and dampness, in which the pinellia tuber and poria work together to dry dampness and resolve phlegm; tangerine peel and liquorice root harmonize thespleen and promote its functioning. Additional herbs are necessary when particular symptoms are serious. For example:DriedTangerinePeel:PinelliaTuber:CynanchumRhizome Dried tangerine peel Pinellia tuber cynanchum rhizome If individuals cough up profuse mucus and have stomach discomfort, the ability to eliminate the pathogens should further be enhanced with herbs like: cang zhu atractylodes rhizome Rhizoma Atractylodis hou po magnolia bark Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis ku xing ren bitter apricot kernel Semen Armeniacae Amarum yi yi ren coix seed Semen coicis