TCM treatment of bronchial asthma

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of airway, which is caused by airway hyperresponsiveness stenosis. Children and the elderly are the high incidence of the disease. If the disease is not treated in time, it will be serious and even life-threatening. For patients with this disease should be treated as soon as possible, next I will share with you the TCM treatment of bronchial asthma.

TCM treatment of bronchial asthma

First: expectorant. Antitussive: for patients with acute attack, expectorant and antitussive drugs should be used to improve symptoms at the same time of anti infection treatment. In order to eliminate the symptoms, patients with delayed migration should insist on medication. Commonly used drugs are ammonium chloride mixture, bromhexine, weijingning, etc. Chinese patent medicine also has a certain effect on cough. For the elderly who are weak and unable to expectorate, or have a large amount of phlegm, expectorant should be given priority to, help expectoration, smooth the respiratory tract. We should avoid using strong antitussive agents, such as codeine, so as to avoid inhibiting the central nervous system, aggravating respiratory obstruction and complications, leading to the deterioration of the disease.

Second, control infection. Antibiotics should be selected according to the main pathogenic bacteria and severity of infection, or according to the drug sensitivity results of pathogenic bacteria. Light can be oral, more serious patients with intramuscular or intravenous infusion of antibiotics. Commonly used are penicillin G, erythromycin, aminoglycosides, quinolones, cephalosporins and other antibiotics. When narrow-spectrum antibiotics can be used alone, broad-spectrum antibiotics should be avoided to avoid double infection or drug-resistant strains.

Third: aerosol therapy. Aerosol humidification inhalation or compound Benzoin Tincture can dilute the secretion in the trachea, which is conducive to expectoration. If the sputum is sticky and difficult to cough up, ultrasonic atomization inhalation is helpful. Antibiotics and sputum diluent can also be added.

matters needing attention

I'm here to give you a warm tip: People's emotional stability, has a certain preventive effect on asthma. Patients should enhance the confidence to overcome the disease, eliminate the tension, avoid the stimulation of bad emotions, and participate in more recreational activities to relieve the stress of tension and disease.