What are the symptoms and treatment of cold-damp cough

Symptoms of cold-dampness cough include heavy cough, phlegm with white color, aggravated by cold, and slowed down by warmth; treatment can be chosen from Xiaoqinglong Tang, Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang, etc. Cold-dampness cough is often caused by external cold and dampness. Cold-dampness cough due to external cold, dampness evil, phlegm volume, thin texture, easy to cluck out, aggravated by cold, can be slowed down by warmth, can be accompanied by runny nose, chest tightness and epigastric plumpness and other symptoms. Xiaoqinglong Tang can relieve exterior cold and disperse cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), warm the lungs and resolve drinking (promoting the flow of stagnant fluid by warming the lungs). It is used in cases of external cold and internal drinking. Malignant cold (fear of cold) and fever, head and body pain, no sweating, wheezing and coughing, clear and scanty sputum, chest congestion, or dry vomiting, or wheezing and coughing with phlegm-beverages (pathological products formed by impaired metabolism of water-liquid). Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang can warm the lungs and dissolve the phlegm-drink, and is used in coughing, cold-drinking, cough with scanty phlegm and saliva, chest fullness (swelling and discomfort in the chest) and wheezing. Patients are advised to seek prompt medical attention and use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.