Expectorant Chinese medicine prescription

Phlegm is a substance formed by protein that attaches to the inside of the human throat, so once phlegm is produced in the throat, it will make the throat feel like there is a foreign body. For normal people, phlegm will only form inside the throat after catching a cold. However, some people will produce phlegm even without a cold. At this time, pharyngitis should be considered. So what are some Chinese medicine prescriptions that can effectively resolve phlegm?

1. Qingfei Lifei Zhenke Decoction: The main ingredients include almond, poria, fennel, tangerine peel, licorice, platycodon, peucedanum, perilla stem, and roasted loquat leaf. This prescription has a good effect of clearing the lungs and spleen, relieving cough and removing phlegm. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as dry mouth and itchy throat, cough, shortness of breath, and coughing up sputum caused by wind and cold invading the lungs. When using, boil the medicine with water, take the juice once in the morning, noon and evening every day on an empty stomach, one dose per day. Addition and subtraction method: For patients with alternating chills and fever, remove the Sophora flavescens and add Bupleurum chinense. For patients with bitter taste in the mouth, add Scutellaria baicalensis. For patients with chest tightness, add Citrus aurantium. For patients with asthma, you can use Bupleurum plus Sophora flavescens and Magnolia officinalis. For patients with thick phlegm, you can add sea clams and pumice. For patients with long-term cough, you can add Aster and Winter Flower.

2. Chanying Ansou Decoction: The active ingredients are cicada shells, roasted loquat leaves, platycodon, burdock fruit, peucedanum, elephant shell, aster, plantain seed (package), plantain, licorice, and Daihesan (package). This prescription has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving cough, dispersing wind and clearing heat. It is mainly used to treat lung attacks caused by wind-heat, cough with poor sputum, white and sticky sputum or yellow and thick sputum, cough with little sputum, itchy throat, red tongue and rapid pulse. The method of use is 1 dose per day, decocted in water. Addition and subtraction method: If the patient has symptoms of sore throat, add Isatis root and Scrophularia ningpoensis. For patients with high fever, additional medicines include deer antler grass, fresh reed root, houttuynia cordata, and wax gourd seeds. Patients with excessive phlegm can add medicines such as bamboo juice, pinellia, and tangerine peel. They can also use Chinese patent medicines such as Qingqi Huatan Pills and Zhuli Datan Pills (swallow) for treatment. Patients with excessive mucus can add Daji, and patients with poor appetite can add Jiaoqu. For patients who suffer from constipation, the additional medicine that can be taken is whole Trichosanthes kirilowii.

This is the end of the introduction to the best Chinese herbal prescriptions for relieving cough and reducing phlegm. I hope that after reading this, patients can find the Chinese herbal prescription that suits them. During the treatment, you should also pay attention to drinking plenty of water, try to keep your diet light, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and avoid eating too spicy, greasy, sweet, or pickled foods to speed up the recovery of symptoms.