I have a friend who has pharyngitis and often coughs up phlegm. So he often buys chuanbei to eat. After all, chuanbei is a traditional Chinese medicine. I'm a little worried, so I want to ask if chuanbei can be eaten often?
Can Chuanbei be eaten regularly?
In general, it is not recommended to eat it regularly.
Chuanbei is a relatively common traditional Chinese medicine. It has a sweet taste and a cool nature. It has the effects of moistening the lungs, stopping cough, clearing heat, and transforming phlegm. It can be used to treat various diseases such as long-term cough due to lung deficiency, cough due to deficiency and exhaustion, cough due to dryness and heat, dry cough with little phlegm, coughing up blood, and lung abscess. If there are symptoms, chuanbei can be taken regularly. However, it is generally not recommended to eat chuanbei regularly without symptoms, because the cool nature of chuanbei may damage the body's yang qi and weaken the function of the spleen and stomach if taken for a long time.
How long can chuanbei be taken?
It depends on the doctor's advice.
For general cough symptoms, chuanbei can be taken for about 3-7 days, and the symptoms will improve. After the symptoms improve, chuanbei can be stopped. If the cough symptoms are more severe, the duration of taking chuanbei should be determined according to the doctor's advice. It is not advisable to stop or increase the duration of taking the medicine blindly.
How much chuanbei is appropriate to take?
3-9 grams.
The usual dosage of chuanbei is about 3-9 grams. For mild cough, the usual dosage is 3-5 grams. For severe cough, the dosage may be slightly increased. The specific dosage should be consulted with a doctor and determined based on individual circumstances. It is not recommended to take excessive doses blindly because the cool nature of chuanbei may cause adverse reactions such as gastrointestinal discomfort and loose stools if taken in excess.
How to take chuanbei?
Chuanbei stewed with snow pear
Ingredients: 10 grams of chuanbei, 30 grams of lily, 1 snow pear, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Instructions:
1. Wash the snow pear, cut it into pieces with the skin on, and remove the core and stem.
2. Put chuanbei, lily, snow pear, and rock sugar into a stewing pot.
3. Add an appropriate amount of water and cover the pot.
4. Stew over low heat for about 3 hours, then it's ready to be consumed.
Chuanbei drink
Instructions:
1. Take 3-5 grams of chuanbei and grind it into fine powder.
2. Put the chuanbei powder into a cup.
3. Pour in warm boiled water and stir well.
4. Drink it directly.
Contraindications for taking chuanbei
1. Those with wind-cold cold symptoms
Chuanbei has a sweet taste and a cool nature. It is suitable for treating heat-related coughs, such as coughs caused by wind-heat, dry heat, and lung fire. Taking chuanbei for coughs caused by wind-cold will not only fail to relieve symptoms but may also worsen the cough and discomfort.
2. Those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold
Chuanbei has a cool nature and has a certain stimulating effect on the intestines and stomach. The intestines and stomach of those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold are more sensitive to coolness. Taking chuanbei may worsen symptoms such as loose stools, indigestion, and pale complexion.
