Patchouli Zhengqi Shui cannot treat pneumonia.
Patchouli Zhengqi Shui, the name of the Chinese patent medicine, is an expectorant agent, which has the effect of relieving surface dampness, regulating qi and neutralizing the middle. It is used for cold and flu caused by external wind-cold, internal dampness or summer dampness, with headache, chest and diaphragm stuffiness, epigastric distension, vomiting and diarrhea; gastrointestinal cold and flu with the above symptoms. There is no therapeutic effect on pneumonia.
Pneumonia needs to be treated according to the pathogen of infection, such as bacterial pneumonia can use antibiotics, such as ceftriaxone, moxifloxacin, azithromycin, etc.; viral pneumonia can use antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, oseltamivir, etc.; fungal pneumonia use antibacterial drugs, such as fluconazole, voriconazole, etc..
Pneumonia patients are advised to seek timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the doctor reasonable treatment, avoid self-medication.