What kind of Chinese medicine to take for cough with white phlegm

Cough with white phlegm should be selected after the specific cause is clarified. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Er Chen Pills, Tong Xuan Li Lung Pills and Tangerine Red Capsules. Er Chen Pills is composed of Chen Pi, Pinellia, Poria and Glycyrrhiza, which has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with dampness-drying medicines), regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach (regulating the qi and harmonizing the spleen and stomach). Er Chen Wan is suitable for treating chest and epigastric distension and congestion, cough with white phlegm, nausea and vomiting caused by stagnation of phlegm and dampness. Avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy, cold and greasy food. Tongxuanliang Pill is composed of Perilla frutescens, Radix et Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix et Rhizoma Platycodonis and other medicines. Tongxuanlirong Pill has the effect of relieving surface and dispersing cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), promoting the lungs and stopping coughing. It is used for wind-cold flu with cough and white sputum, poor sputum production, fever and malignant cold (fear of cold), nasal congestion and runny nose, headache and no sweating, and limb aches and pains. Avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy food. Tangerine Red Capsule is composed of Hua Tangerine Red, Chen Pi and other medicines. Tangerine red capsule has the efficacy of clearing lung heat, dissolving phlegm and saliva, relieving cough, used for phlegm not easy to come out, cough with excessive phlegm, chest tightness and dry mouth. Caution should be exercised in cases of coldness of spleen and stomach (weak and cold spleen and stomach) with diarrhea. When coughing up white phlegm, it is necessary to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, and not to use the medicine blindly by oneself, so as to avoid adverse consequences. During the new crown epidemic, if you have any related symptoms, please consult a doctor in time for a clear diagnosis, do not self-medicate.