Easy-cold cough

　　Easy-cold cough is a major symptom of respiratory system diseases, such as dry cough without phlegm or with very little phlegm, which is common in the early stages of acute pharyngitis and bronchitis. Acute sudden onset of cough is often seen in bronchial foreign bodies. Chronic coughing over a long period of time is often seen in chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, and other diseases. The adverse effects of coughing include the spread of tracheal lesions to nearby small bronchi, aggravating the condition. In addition, persistent and severe coughing can affect rest, easily consume physical strength, and can cause damage to the elastic tissue of the alveolar wall, triggering emphysema. The formation and recurrence of coughing are often the result of the combined effects of many complex factors.

　　The stimulation from the respiratory system and organs outside the respiratory system (such as the brain, ear, and internal organs) is transmitted through the vagus nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, and trigeminal nerve to the sensory nerve fibers of the skin. It is transmitted to the pharyngeal muscles, glottis, diaphragm, and other respiratory muscles through the hypoglossal nerve, phrenic nerve, and spinal nerves, causing a coughing action. The coughing action first involves a rapid and short inspiration, followed by the descent of the diaphragm, the rapid closure of the glottis, and then the rapid contraction of the respiratory muscles and abdominal muscles, causing a rapid rise in intrapulmonary pressure. Then, the glottis suddenly opens, and the high-pressure airflow in the lungs is ejected, impacting the glottis gap to produce the coughing action and a special sound. Secretions or foreign bodies in the respiratory tract are also expelled. This condition may lead to chronic bronchitis, asthma, and other diseases.

　　Cold and asthma cough is caused by external invasion of the six kinds of pathogenic factors, internal injury of the internal organs, affecting the lung, resulting in a cough with sputum. Its specific symptoms are as follows:

　　1. Paroxysmal, spasmodic cough with a crowing sound, may be whooping cough.

　　2. Cough with difficulty breathing and asthma, often indicates bronchial asthma.

　　3. If the cough sound is loud and like a dog's bark, with hoarseness, it is mostly laryngeal disease, such as diphtheria or laryngitis.

　　4. Cough with a metallic sound, often indicates mediastinal disease, such as mediastinal tumor or inflammation, etc.

　　5. Cough with a large amount of sputum, often indicates bronchiectasis, pulmonary edema, and lung tuberculosis cavity, etc.

　　6. Cough with high fever and rust-colored sputum, often indicates pneumonia.

　　7. Cough with long-term fever and foul-smelling sputum, may be lung abscess.

　　8. Cough with sputum that is pink frothy, may be pulmonary edema, lung tumor, and lung fluke disease.

　　In the prevention of cold and asthma cough, preventing cough and preventing colds is very important, so children should pay attention to physical exercise, improve their ability to resist 'pathogenic factors', avoid external infections, and prevent the aggravation of the disease. Strengthen the daily adjustment of children, eat appropriate food, ensure adequate sleep, keep the living environment quiet, and the air fresh. Try not to take children to public places and minimize contact with cough patients. Eat pears and radishes appropriately in daily life, which has a certain preventive effect on cough.

　　Laboratory examination of sputum for cold and asthma cough is mainly to understand the amount, color, smell, and nature of sputum, which has diagnostic significance for the examination of cough triggers. The presence of bronchial casts, lung stones, sulfur particles, etc., in sputum is helpful for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia, tuberculosis, and actinomycosis. The microscopic examination of sputum for Kuschmann spirals and Charcot crystals is helpful for asthmatic patients. The presence of parasitic eggs in sputum can diagnose lung fluke disease. The detection of the head of the hydatid cyst can diagnose lung hydatid disease. The finding of amoebic trophozoites can diagnose amebic lung disease, etc. The bacteriological examination of sputum (smear, culture, animal inoculation) is of great significance for tuberculosis, lung fungal diseases, etc.

　　Due to the good natural contrast of the lungs, ordinary X-ray films can detect most lung lesions. According to the location, extent, and shape of the lesions, their nature can sometimes be determined, such as pneumonia, lung abscess, lung cyst, tuberculosis, lung cancer, pneumoconiosis, etc. For deep lesions, X-ray tomography, CT, and MRI examinations are used. The advantage of CT scanning lies in the non-overlapping cross-sectional images, which can detect lesions that X-ray chest films cannot show.

　　For the treatment of cold and asthma cough, Tongxuan Lili Pill (composed of Ephedra, Perilla, Bupleurum,杏仁, Platycodon, Citrus peel, Pinellia, Poria, and Aurantium) can be used. Take one pill each time, three times a day, and take it with light ginger soup or warm water. The dietary recipe for this disease is as follows:

　　A white radish, an apple, 50 grams of sugar, 7 white pepper seeds, put them in a bowl and steam and eat, suitable for wind-cold cough.

　　Dried ginger 30 grams, soybean paste 15 grams, altogether put into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, decoct. Take the decoction once every 30 minutes, add water and decoct again. A total of 2 times of decoction are taken, and the decoctions are combined, then boiled and concentrated over low heat until the decoction becomes thicker, and 250 grams of malt sugar is added and mixed evenly. Continue to boil until the sugar can be picked up with a spoon to form a thread-like shape without drying the hands, then stop boiling. Stir while hot to make the sugar turn milky white, and then pour the sugar onto a large porcelain plate coated with cooking oil while still hot. After it cools slightly, cut the sugar into strips and then into about 100 pieces. Take 5 pieces each time, 3 times a day, and take it with boiling water. Suitable for the initial stage of wind-cold cough.

　　Dig a hole in a large radish, fill it with honey and steam it, take 6 grams each time, 2 times a day. Mainly for wind-cold cough.

　　In traditional Chinese medicine treatment for虚寒 cough, it is advisable to disperse wind and cold, and relieve cough by clearing the lung, and you can choose Tongxuan Liling Pill (composed of Ephedra, Sinae, Qianfu, Almond, Platycodon, Tangerine peel, Pinellia, Poria, and枳壳), take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, and take with light ginger decoction or warm water.

　　One, for adults

　　1, A white radish, an apple, 50 grams of sugar, 7 white pepper seeds, put them in a bowl and steam and eat, suitable for wind-cold cough.

　　2, Fresh ginger 15 grams, brown sugar 50 grams, dried red dates 50 grams, 2 bowls of water, decoct and take.

　　3, Dried persimmon 50 grams, sticky rice 50 grams, put them into a sand pot together with water, boil over low heat until boiling, and the porridge becomes thick.

　　4, One egg, crack it into a bowl of rice (do not break it up), add one spoon of sugar and one spoon of cooking oil (soybean oil or peanut oil can be used, do not mix them together), then steam over boiling water. Eat it all at one time before going to bed.

　　5, 5-10 apricots, wash and cook until soft, remove the seeds, then cook 30-60 grams of sticky rice into porridge, add the apricot meat when the porridge is almost done, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and boil for 1-2 minutes. Eat on an empty stomach, twice a day. Suitable for cough caused by dryness and heat affecting the lung.

　　6, White-bud 10-15 grams, peeled and core removed, tofu skin 30-45 grams, sticky rice 30-60 grams, cook together into porridge. Take in two servings a day, eat on an empty stomach. Suitable for lung deficiency cough, with much phlegm. Note: The white-bud must be cooked until it is completely tender, and the amount should not be too large. Avoid using for those with initial wind-cold cough.

　　7, Tofu 500 grams, vinegar 50 milliliters, vegetable oil in an appropriate amount, scallions in a small amount. After the oil is heated, sauté the scallions, add a little salt, then add the tofu and stir-fry, add vinegar, and add a little water and continue to stir-fry. Serve as a dish while hot.

　　8, Dried ginger 30 grams, soybean paste 15 grams, altogether put into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, decoct. Take the decoction once every 30 minutes, add water and decoct again. A total of 2 times of decoction are taken, and the decoctions are combined, then boiled and concentrated over low heat until the decoction becomes thicker, and 250 grams of malt sugar is added and mixed evenly. Continue to boil until the sugar can be picked up with a spoon to form a thread-like shape without drying the hands, then stop boiling. Stir while hot to make the sugar turn milky white, and then pour the sugar onto a large porcelain plate coated with cooking oil while still hot. After it cools slightly, cut the sugar into strips and then into about 100 pieces. Take 5 pieces each time, 3 times a day, and take it with boiling water. Suitable for the initial stage of wind-cold cough.

　　9. Take one large radish, hollow it out, fill it with honey, steam it, take 6 grams each time, twice a day. It is used to treat cough due to wind-cold.

　　10. Take a pomelo (in an appropriate amount), remove the seeds, chop it, put it in a sand pot, soak it in wine, seal it for one night, cook it until soft, mix in an appropriate amount of honey, and take it frequently for expectoration and cough due to phlegm and dampness.

　　Secondly, for children

　　1. Take 10 grams of ginger, wash it, slice it, put it in a porcelain bowl, pour boiling water over it, cover and steep for 5 minutes, then add 30 grams of syrup. Drink it frequently as tea, without regard to time and frequency.

　　2. Take 6-10 grams of bitter almonds, add 200 milliliters of water, and simmer over low heat until 80 milliliters remain. You can add a small amount of sugar to taste. Take one dose daily, and drink it in several sittings.

　　3. Take 7 bitter almonds and 14 sweet almonds, soak them in warm water for a while, peel and remove the tips, crush them, add an appropriate amount of water, and squeeze the juice out with clean gauze. Boil and add an appropriate amount of sugar. Take one dose daily, and drink it in two sittings.

　　4. Take 30 grams of water spinach, wash it, add 300 milliliters of water, and simmer over low heat until 80 milliliters remain. You can add a small amount of sugar to taste. Take one dose daily, and drink it in several sittings.

　　5. Take 500 grams of radish, wash it, peel it, and cut it into thin slices. Put it in a large bowl, add 200 milliliters of syrup, stir, and soak for a day and a night. There will be a dissolved radish syrup. Drink 15-30 milliliters each time, three times a day.

　　6. Take some autumn pears, wash, peel, and remove the core. Then take an equal amount of white lotus root, remove the joints, wash it, and both of them should be chopped. Squeeze the juice out with clean gauze. Drink it frequently as tea.

　　7. Take 2 fresh green fruits (crushed), add 10 grams of rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, and simmer until the flavor comes out. Drink it all at once while hot.

　　8. Take 10 grams of clean loofah flowers, put them in a porcelain cup, pour boiling water over them, cover and steep for 10 minutes, then add an appropriate amount of honey. Drink it while hot, three times a day.

　　9. Take 15 grams of peeled winter melon skin, wash it, put it in a pot, add a little honey and an appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat. Take one dose daily, and drink it in several sittings.