What are the Chinese herbal medicines for cough?
May 8, 2023
There are many causes of cough, and in general, cough is divided into two categories: cough caused by external sensation and cough caused by internal injury.
Chinese herbal medicines for wind-cold cough
Cough and green fruit pills to relieve cough and dispel cold
It is composed of ephedra, perilla leaf, gypsum, scutellaria, zhebei mum, mulberry bark, dong quai flower, perilla seed, fenugreek, green fruit, ginkgo, bitter almond and licorice.
In this formula, Ephedra, Perilla leaf disperses cold and relieves symptoms and promotes lung qi; Qing Guo is bitter to lower lung fire and benefit the throat; Zhe Bei Mu and Zhan Dong Hua can stop cough and dispel phlegm; Sheng Yu, Scutellaria baicalensis and Sang Bai Pi can clear lung heat; Fah Xian Xia dries dampness and dissolves phlegm; Su Zi, Bitter Almond and Yin Almond lower rebellion and calm asthma; Licorice can stop cough and harmonize all medicines, so Cough Qing Guo Wan can promote lung dispersal of wind and cold, stop cough and calm asthma. This formula is suitable for patients with wind-cold cough.
Prepared Chinese medicines for wind-heat cough
Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Tablets to relieve cough
Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Cold Tablets are composed of Mulberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum Flower, Peppermint, Forsythia, Almond, Radix Platycodon, and Rutabaga.
In the formula, mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum can dispel wind and relieve symptoms, and mulberry leaf can clear the lung and stop cough, which is the main medicine in the formula; mint helps mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum to disperse wind-heat in the upper jiao, so that the evil can go out; orris and almond can promote the lung and stop cough; forsythia can clear heat and detoxify; rhizome can clear heat and produce fluid to stop thirst; licorice can harmonize all the medicines and cooperate with orris to clear the throat; therefore, mulberry chrysanthemum cold tablets have the effect of dispersing wind-heat and promoting the lung to stop cough.
Antelope Clear Lung Pill to remove plague and relieve cough
Antelope Clear Lung Pill is composed of Peppermint, Radix Platycodon, Qian Hu, Chen Pi, Zhe Bei Mu, Sang Bai Pi, Loquat Leaf, Yuan Shen, Mai Men Dong, Tian Men Dong, Smallpox Powder, Sheng Di, Dendrobium, Jin Yin Hua, Pan Lan Gen, Dan Pi, Da Qing Ye, Jin Guo Lan, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Ripe Rhubarb, Raw Gardenia, Antelope's horn and Licorice.
In the formula, Peppermint, Radix Platycodon, Qian Hu, Chen Pi and Almond can evacuate the wind and promote the lung to resolve phlegm; Bayberry, Mulberry Bark and Loquat Leaf can clear the lung and resolve phlegm to stop cough; Yuan Shen, Mai Men Dong, Smallpox Powder, Sheng Di, Dendrobium and Tian Dong can nourish Yin and clear heat and moisten dryness; Jin Yin Hua, Pan Lan Gen, Dan Pi, Da Qing Ye and Jin Guo Lan can clear heat and cool the blood to detoxify; Scutellaria Baicalensis, Shu Da Huang and Sheng Gardenia can clear heat and drain fire; Antelope horns clear heat of the lung and liver, so the medicine has the effect of clearing the lung and throat, removing plague and relieving cough. Therefore, the medicine has the effect of clearing the lung and throat, removing the plague and relieving cough.
Cough Orange Red Pill to relieve cough and expectorant
Cough Orange Red Pill is composed of Orange Red, Chen Pi, Fructus Semen, Poria, Glycyrrhiza, Almond, Su Zi, Zha Bei Mu, Sheng Shi Fa, Sheng Di, Zha Dong Hua, Aster, Eryngium, Mai Men Dong, and Juniper bark.
In the formula, orange red, Chen Pi, Poria, and Fructus Sempervis can dry dampness and resolve phlegm; raw gypsum can clear the heat of the lung and stomach; rhizome, Su Zi can broaden the chest and lower the qi to eliminate phlegm; zhebei mum, orris can disperse the knots and open the chest and diaphragm, and clear the hot phlegm; aster and dong hua can moisten the lung and stop cough; bitter almond can lower rebellion and suppress cough; raw earth and mai men dong can moisten the lung and nourish yin; licorice can dispel phlegm and benefit the throat, so cough orange red pill can clear heat and resolve dampness, stop cough and expectorant effect.
Traditional Chinese medicine for dry heat cough
Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lung Pill moistens the lung and relieves cough
Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lung Pill is composed of Sheng Di, Xuan Shen, Mai Dong, Bai Shao, Dan Pi, Chuan Bei Mu, Licorice and Peppermint.
In this formula, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae nourishes Yin and moistens dryness, clears the lung and detoxifies the toxin. Peppermint promotes the lung to reach the evil as an adjuvant; licorice diuresis and detoxification, harmonizing all the medicines as an ambassador, so the drug has the effect of clearing heat and nourishing yin, moistening the lung and relieving cough.
Autumn pear paste to produce fluid and stop the throat
Autumn pear cream is composed of autumn li, maitong, Chuanbei mum, lily, horticultural flowers, rock sugar.
In the formula, autumn pear can nourish the lung and stomach, moisten the dryness, remove heat and fire, stop cough and eliminate phlegm; maitong, lily of the valley, moisten the lung and stop thirst, moisten the lung and stop cough, nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind; the winter flowers can moisten the lung and lower the air, resolve phlegm and stop cough, Chuanbei mother moisten the lung and resolve phlegm, so autumn pear cream has the effect of moistening the lung and stopping cough, moistening the lung and stopping the throat.
Traditional Chinese medicine for cough with lung heat
Removing phlegm and relieving cough pills moisten the lung and lower the fire
It is composed of Qian Hu, Fa Han Xia, Scutellaria, Scutellariae, Tian Fan, Radix Platycodon, Chen Pi, Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Fructus Atractylodon, Citrus Aurantium, Divine Compositae, Phellodendron, Gardenia, Rhubarb, Fructus Haishi, Zhi Mu, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, Bing Qi, and Peppermint Bing.
In the formula, Shu Da Huang, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides and Phellodendron can clear the fire of the meridians and also have the effect of drying dampness; Atractylodes Macrocephala, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Sempervivum Longum and Shen Qu strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, which is the essence of treating phlegm; Qian Hu and Floating Sea Stone are the standard for expectorant phlegm; Chen Pi and Citrus aurantium broaden the chest and regulate the qi; Fang Feng and Radix Platycodoneae promote the lung to dispel evil; Zhi Mu and Smallpox Powder can benefit the yin and produce fluid to benefit the throat; Ice Tablet and Peppermint promote the orifice to expel phlegm. Therefore, it has the effect of moistening the lung and lowering fire, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
Traditional Chinese medicine for cough with phlegm and dampness
Er Chen Wan dries up dampness and dissolves phlegm
Er Chen Wan is made up of Han Xia (ginger moxibustion), Chen Pi, Fu Ling and Gan Cao.
In this formula, Hanxia dries dampness and dissolves phlegm, harmonizes the stomach and reduces rebellion as the main medicine; Chen Pi regulates Qi and strengthens the spleen while drying dampness, so that Qi is smooth and phlegm is reduced; Fu Ling strengthens the spleen and permeates dampness as a supplement, so that dampness is removed and phlegm is eliminated; ginger reduces rebellion and dissolves phlegm and stops vomiting as a complement; licorice strengthens the spleen and stomach and harmonizes all medicines, so Er Chen Wan has the effect of drying dampness and dissolving phlegm, reducing rebellion and stopping vomiting.
Han Xia Tian Ma Wan dispels phlegm and quenches wind
Panxia Tianma Pill is composed of Fuxianxia, Chenpi, Poria, Tianma, Atractylodes, Atractylodes, Zedoaria, Astragalus, Ginseng, Liu Shenqu, Maiyao, and Huangbai.
The formula is based on the formula of Half Xia, Chen Pi, Poria, dry dampness and resolve phlegm; supplemented by Tian Ma to calm the internal wind to stop dizziness; complemented by Atractylodes Macrocephala, Atractylodes Macrocephala to strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, Ze Xie to permeate dampness downward, Huang Bai to clear the actual heat; with Ginseng, Astragalus to replenish the spleen and benefit the qi to help strengthen the movement; with Shen Qu, malt to strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, so Half Xia Tian Ma Wan has the effect of strengthening the spleen to resolve dampness, dispel phlegm and quench the wind, for damp phlegm host wind, cough phlegm, dizziness has a very good effect. It is effective in treating dampness and phlegm with wind, cough and phlegm, and dizziness.