Respiratory diseases belong to the category of “lung diseases” in Chinese medicine, and can be regulated by general treatment and medication.
1. General treatment: patients with respiratory diseases, often manifested as coughing, coughing up sputum, chest pain and other symptoms, in life, should give up bad habits, such as smoking, and avoid inhaling second-hand smoke. Appropriate physical exercise to strengthen their own immunity.
2. Medication: If medication is needed, it should be decided according to the symptoms and the type of symptoms. Commonly used medicines for lung diseases include Sha Shen Maidong Tang and Qing Qi Hua Phlegm Pill.
Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang is composed of Sha Shen, Mai Dong and lentils, which can nourish yin and clear the lungs. It can be used to treat dry cough and dry throat and thirst caused by deficiency of lung yin (insufficient yin in the lungs).
Qing Qi Hua Pill is composed of Semen xia, Scutellaria baicalensis and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, etc. It has the effect of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, and can be used for the treatment of coughing with yellow phlegm and chest tightness caused by phlegm-heat embedded in the lungs.
Patients who need to use the medicine should do so under the guidance of a doctor to ensure safety.