Coughing and wheezing are common clinical symptoms. They include diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, asthmatic bronchitis, and emphysema in Western medicine.
In traditional Chinese medicine, coughing is divided into two categories: external and internal. External coughing is further divided into wind-cold, wind-heat, and dry-heat coughing. In the early stages of the disease, symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and general discomfort may be present. Dry-heat coughing is characterized by a dry cough and dryness in the mouth, nose, and throat. Internal coughing is mostly caused by phlegm-dampness, liver fire, and yin deficiency and is often accompanied by other organ diseases with a longer duration.
Wheezing is a respiratory disease characterized by rapid breathing, even with mouth breathing, shoulder lifting, and flaring of the nostrils. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is divided into two categories: deficiency and excess. Excess wheezing is characterized by rapid and urgent breathing, coarse and surging breaths, and long and deep exhalations. Deficiency wheezing is characterized by shortness of breath, difficulty in continuation of breathing, weak and low breathing sounds, and rapid deep inhalation. Therefore, this type of medicinal wine has the function of stopping coughing, resolving phlegm, and calming wheezing. Different types of medicinal wines can be selected according to the different manifestations of coughing and wheezing.
Cold Cough Wine
Source: "National Chinese Medicine Prescription Collection"
Formula: 60g Perilla leaf, 15g Almond, Gualoupi, Zhe Beimu, Banxia, Zhike, Baibu, Jiegeng, Sangbaipi, Pipaye, Fuling, 30g Chenpi, Ganjiang, 7.5g Xixin, Doukouren, Wuweizi, 1.5g Licorice, 2500g Rice wine.
Method: Crush the herbs and put them in a fine gauze bag, tie the bag tightly, place it in a container, pour in rice wine to soak, seal it, shake it once a day after 12 days, open it, discard the residue, and filter. [Efficacy] Expel wind, dispel cold, stop coughing, and calm wheezing. Suitable for cold cough with symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, clear nasal congestion, itchy throat, thin and white phlegm, headache, fever, aversion to cold or wind, etc.
Dosage: Take 30-50ml orally in the morning and evening. [Note] Avoid taking if the cough is due to yin deficiency, long-term cough with little phlegm, and blood streaks in the phlegm, dry mouth, and dry throat.
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