Damp phlegm can be treated with medicines such as Er Chen Pills and Wen Bile Tang. The medicines should be used under the guidance of a doctor. Patients with damp phlegm should go to the hospital.
Damp phlegm is caused by external dampness, which condenses and accumulates with water in the body to form phlegm; or due to lack of middle qi (weak spleen and stomach qi), which results in the inability of water-dampness transportation to form phlegm. Clinical symptoms such as coughing and wheezing, white phlegm in large amount and sticky, distension of the chest and epigastric region, etc. can be seen.
Er Chen Pill is composed of Poria, Licorice and so on. The combination of the above herbs has the effect of drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness and resolving phlegm by drying dampness), and is often used in the treatment of cough with excessive phlegm and distension in the chest and epigastrium. It is often used to treat cough with excessive phlegm and distension of the chest and epigastric region.
The formula of Wen Bile Tang is composed of ginger and half-summer, ginger and bamboo rhizome. The combination of the above herbs has the effect of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and is often used in the treatment of biliary depression and phlegm disturbance (internal disturbance of phlegm, malfunctioning of biliary evacuation and excretion). Pregnant women should be advised to take the medicine with caution.
The use of medication should follow the doctor’s prescription, do not self-medicate.