The etiology and clinical manifestations of cold cough and hot cough are different. Such as cold cough to cough pharyngeal itching, clear sparse white sputum, accompanied by exogenous wind-cold surface evidence-based, hot cough to cough, yellow sticky sputum, accompanied by heat evidence-based performance.
1. In terms of etiology, cold cough refers to the cough caused by feeling cold, and hot cough refers to the cough caused by evil heat that offends the lungs or accumulated heat that injures the lungs.
2. Clinical manifestations, cold cough is mainly manifested as foam in sputum, accompanied by external wind-cold symptoms, such as no sweat, cold (cold), nasal congestion, nasal discharge and other symptoms.
Hot cough to cough, sputum, yellow sticky sputum, sputum, accompanied by fever, dry throat, sore throat, thirst, yellow snot, dry stools and other symptoms, if it is a deficiency of yin and lung-heat caused by the cough, but also accompanied by five heart-heat (the heart of the two hands and the heart of the two feet hot, and self-consciousness of the chest and heart-heat (irritability and sultriness), night sweats (after going to sleep sweating abnormally, waking up sweating to stop), coughing hoarseness, etc..
Cold cough and hot cough have different etiology and clinical manifestations, patients with cough symptoms should seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to take medication, do not take medication, so as not to misdiagnose the heat and cold, delay the condition.