Liver cough

　　Liver cough is a common clinical disease. Many diseases such as百日咳, pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary heart disease, chronic pharyngitis, and traditional Chinese medicine differentiation can be classified as liver cough. It is caused by emotional depression, sudden mental stimulation, or invasion by other pathogens. Liver Qi is not released, and qi flow is blocked, leading to emotional depression; long-term depression without relief, losing its soft and comfortable nature, liver Qi stagnation, qi stagnation producing phlegm, and liver Qi affecting the lung causing cough.

　　Liver cough patients often suffer from chronic cough due to internal injury, and patients may experience irritability, anxiety, and other emotions due to the long-term untreated disease. Liver Qi stagnation and qi flow obstruction. Coughing is originally due to the imbalance of lung Qi in宣降, and liver Qi stagnation and qi flow obstruction further exacerbate the obstruction of lung Qi, making the cough more difficult to heal. In addition, due to long-term illness and heart weakness, the Yin Qi of the internal organs is weakened due to long-term illness, so in addition to the treatment methods such as invigorating the spleen and kidney, drugs that warm the liver and relieve liver Qi, such as evodia rutaecarpa and yujin, can be added.

　　Liver cough patients may experience pain in the two sides of the ribs during coughing, to the extent that the body cannot turn, and turning causes the sides to feel bloated.

　　Early detection and early diagnosis are the key to the prevention and treatment of liver cough. Drug prevention should be carried out for people with high risk of onset, mainly including HIV carriers and children with close contact history with newly diagnosed infectious tuberculosis and positive tuberculin skin test. In daily life, keep a pleasant mood, go to bed and get up on time, do not drink alcohol and smoke, because anger and excessive liver fire are all causes of the disease. Vaccination can also be administered to change the rhythm of life, exercise more, and live a regular life.

　　The examination of liver cough should be determined according to the actual situation of the patient, generally including chest X-ray, blood routine, and other tests.

　　During the acute stage of liver cough, it is necessary to pay attention to diet control, mainly consuming liquid food, and can be配合服用 some high-quality protein foods and fruit and vegetable juices, which are beneficial to the recovery of the body. When the situation is stable, it is necessary to pay attention to eating more foods rich in protein and carbohydrates, eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, avoiding catching a cold, and avoiding eating cold, spicy, and irritating foods.

　　Among the five-organ coughs, the most common in clinical practice is liver cough. Therefore, soothing the liver and regulating Qi is an important method for treating liver cough. Generally, the use of drugs that soothe the liver, regulate Qi, and resolve depression and phlegm has a good effect, but because cough has the distinction of exogenous and internal injury, the methods of treatment for exogenous cough and internal injury cough are also different.

　　Section 1: Exogenous cough

　　Exogenous cough is caused by sudden changes in climate or improper adjustment, with external pathogens entering through the mouth, nose, or skin and hair, causing lung Qi to be restricted, leading to lung failure in descending, Qi circulation is not smooth, and in addition, liver Qi depression, and the loss of the function of secretion and excretion, which further aggravates the imbalance of lung Qi in promoting and descending, worsening cough, and even chronic cough without stopping, accompanied by chest and胁 pain, dry mouth and bitter taste, red tongue with thin white (yellow) fur, and wiry pulse. In treatment, for wind-heat exogenous cough, use acrid and cool exterior-relieving methods, soothe the liver and relieve the lung; for wind-cold exogenous cough, use acrid and warm exterior-relieving methods, warm the lung and soothe the liver.

　　Section 2: Internal injury cough

　　Internal injury cough is generally due to chronic illness of other organs, long-term illness and physical weakness, affecting the lungs, such as phlegm turbidity in the lungs due to spleen deficiency and dampness, liver Yin deficiency leading to liver fire affecting the lungs, and kidney Qi deficiency causing kidney failure and affecting the lungs. In treatment, treating the root cause of the disease, treatment should start from the root organ, and it is not advisable to just stop coughing when seeing a cough.