Honey can be used to relieve cough, but it is generally only applicable to lung deficiency and dry cough, and has no cough relieving effect on other types of cough.
Honey is a qi tonic, sweet and neutral in nature, belonging to the lungs, spleen, large intestine meridian, the effect is to tonify and moisten the dryness, pain relief and detoxification.
The use of honey can be used to treat the deficiency of prolonged cough. If the treatment of lung qi upward, coughing and asthma can be combined with almonds, ginger juice and other decoction to take. If the treatment of cough on the gas can be combined with suzi, almonds and so on. If the treatment of dry cough of deficiency labor can be combined with dihuang, ginseng, poria, etc..
If the cough is characterized by dry cough with little phlegm, sticky phlegm, dry throat and mouth, or even cough with blood, this is dryness that hurts the lungs, and can be combined with almonds, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Mulberry Leaf and other Chinese medicines that have the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness (nourishing the yin essence and clearing away the heat evils), moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, to enhance the efficacy of its moistening of the lungs.
The adverse effects of honey are not clear, and it should be noted that it should be used with caution for people with dampness obstruction in the middle and fullness of the body, damp-heat phlegm stagnation, loose stools (thinning of feces) or diarrhea.
If the cough does not stop, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause of the disease for targeted treatment, under the guidance of the doctor to use the correct medication, do not take medication without authorization.