Do local remedies for coughs work?

The causes of cough are related to respiratory, digestive, circulatory and other diseases, and need to be treated with medication or surgery, and there is no data to show that local remedies are useful. 1. For respiratory diseases, such as acute bronchitis, expectorants such as Ambroxol and cough suppressants such as Pentoxyverine can be taken orally; for cough variant asthma, glucocorticosteroids such as budesonide and bronchodilators such as salbutamol can be inhaled by nebulization; and for COPD, bronchodilators such as ipratropium bromide or salbutamol and budesonide can be used by inhalation. 2. For diseases of the digestive system, such as reflux esophagitis, the doctor’s advice can be taken orally omeprazole enteric-coated capsules and other acid inhibitors, domperidone tablets and other gastric stimulants, etc.; for those who are not effective in the treatment of medication, the feasibility of anti-reflux surgery. 3. For circulatory diseases, such as mitral stenosis, oral hydrochlorothiazide and other diuretics can be prescribed; conservative treatment is ineffective, consider mitral valve replacement, valve repair. There are many other causes of cough, such as eosinophilic bronchitis, nasal secretion reflux stimulation cough, but also pay attention to exclude chronic bronchitis, bronchial dilatation position change sputum flow will stimulate the mucous membrane caused by cough. It is recommended that patients consult a regular hospital in a timely manner, with the doctor to improve the examination, standardized treatment.