What medicine should cough take

summary

Cough is a defensive reflex activity when the respiratory system is stimulated. Cough without phlegm or sputum volume is little, called dry cough (dry cough). After the symptoms of dry cough, people often use a lot of antitussive drugs, even antibiotics, but the effect is not necessarily good. In fact, there are many causes of dry cough and no phlegm, such as chronic nasopharyngitis, cold, variant asthma, etc. Therefore, patients had better be able to carefully identify, understand the cause, and take different drug treatment, in order to achieve good therapeutic effect. Now I will tell you about what medicine to take for cough.

What medicine should cough take

Drug 1: nausea expectorant, commonly used are ammonium chloride, Platycodon grandiflorum, Polygala, guaifenesin. The effect of taking it on an empty stomach is obvious. Because this kind of medicine dose is too large may cause vomiting, so clinical less alone, generally use its mixture. It is suitable for patients with acute respiratory tract inflammation whose sputum is sticky and difficult to cough up.

Drug 2: mucus dissolving drug, which can dissolve thick sputum, and it is easy to get out after viscosity is reduced. Commonly used drugs are Mucosolvan, etc.

Drug 3: phlegm wet cough: the main symptoms are cough with phlegm, white and sticky phlegm, cough stop when sputum comes out, accompanied by chest and epigastric distension, mental fatigue, body weight and sleepiness, reduced diet, nausea and vomiting, loose stool, white and greasy tongue coating, smooth pulse, etc. The treatment should be invigorating spleen and drying dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Optional drugs: Qianjin Huatan pill, Erchen pill, Juhong pill, etc.

matters needing attention

For such diseases: diet should pay attention to light, refreshing taste; eat more fresh vegetables such as vegetables, Chinese cabbage, radish, carrot, tomato, etc., can provide a variety of vitamins and inorganic salts, is conducive to the repair of the body's metabolic function; soybean products contain high-quality protein, can supplement the body's loss of tissue protein due to inflammation, and has no disadvantages of increasing phlegm and helping dampness. Can also add a small amount of lean meat and other protein rich food; dishes to avoid salty, try to cooking, do not fry fried stew. Fish, crab, shrimp, fat and other meaty, greasy food, may help damp phlegm, some may also cause allergic reactions, aggravate the disease, should not eat more; pepper, pepper, ginger and other spicy products, on the respiratory tract irritation, make cough worse, should also eat less.