After the Spring Festival, many people eat too much food, and there will be symptoms of cough, but each person's physique is different, and the performance of phlegm is different, and the common phlegm syndrome mainly includes cold phlegm, hot phlegm, wet phlegm, etc.
Cold phlegm: The phlegm is thin and white, which is more common in people with cold constitution, and is often accompanied by symptoms such as cold intolerance, cough, chest tightness, wheezing, and pale complexion.
Hot phlegm: The phlegm is yellow and thick, which is more common in people with a hot constitution, and is often accompanied by symptoms such as sore throat, dry mouth, and constipation.
Wet phlegm: The sputum is viscous and white, which is more common in people with dampness and obesity, and is often accompanied by symptoms such as cough, chest tightness, fatigue and sleepiness, and poor diet.
【Traditional Chinese medicine prescription conditioning of cold phlegm, hot phlegm, and wet phlegm】
Cold phlegm: It is mainly used to dispel cold and dispel dampness and phlegm, and commonly used prescription medicines such as Xiaoqinglong soup.
Hot phlegm: It is mainly treated with methods such as clearing heat, regulating qi and dissolving phlegm, and commonly used prescription medicines such as clearing qi and dissolving phlegm pills.
Damp phlegm: Generally, it is mainly treated with the method of strengthening the spleen, dissolving phlegm and removing dampness, and commonly used prescription medicines such as Erchen decoction, Ling Guishu Gantang, etc.
【Key points and skills for the treatment of phlegm syndrome】
First of all, to treat phlegm, it is necessary to distinguish the syndrome and treat it, choose prescription medicine according to the specific symptoms and constitution, and use greasy and sweet foods with caution in daily diet, and eat more light foods that are easy to digest.
Therefore, regulating qi is one of the important rules for the treatment of phlegm.
In daily life, you should also maintain good living habits and strengthen exercise to keep your qi unblocked.
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