Coughs in Chinese medicine are divided into external coughs and internal coughs, as follows: 1. External coughs 1. Wind-cold attack on the lungs, with symptoms such as cold and cough, fever, and body aches. 2. Wind-heat coughs, with cough, phlegm, and yellow snot. 3. Wind-dry injury to the lungs, with a dry cough, with or without phlegm, and sticky phlegm that is difficult to cough. 2. internal injury cough 1. phlegm and dampness in the lungs, with recurrent coughing. 2. spleen and kidney yang deficiency, with coughing and shortness of breath, especially when moving. 3. liver fire burning the lungs, with continuous coughing and a dry cough predominating. 4. lung and kidney yin deficiency, with a short cough.