For wind-chill cough, people may think that once the cough arrives on a hot day, it must be a wind-heat cough, and it has nothing to do with wind-chill cough, if you think so, then I am afraid it is very wrong. Because, wind chill is everywhere, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter. Therefore, when coughing, it is important to distinguish between cold and hot cough based on symptoms, not according to the season.
So, how exactly should you distinguish a cold cough from a hot cough? The typical symptoms of cold cough include coughing up white phlegm, cold intolerance, clear nasal discharge, and the main symptoms of the tongue and pulse are white, tight or slow pulse; On the contrary, the typical symptoms of hot cough are coughing up yellow sputum, dry mouth and thirst, hot and sweaty, yellow nasal discharge, and the main symptoms of the tongue and pulse are red and yellow tongue and pulse. It can be seen that it is not difficult to distinguish between cold and hot coughs.
For cold cough, there have been many classic prescriptions since ancient times, such as ephedra soup, Xiaoqinglong soup, Sanqiao soup, Huagai San, Zhiyu San, etc., but the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing has another classic prescription for treating cold cough, but it is often ignored, it is to shoot dry ephedra soup. It can be said that the ability of ephedra decoction to cure cold cough surpasses all prescriptions, but it has not been taken seriously for thousands of years, which is a pity. Of course, the main reason for this is that the ephedra soup is from the "Jin Kui Yaolu", and the "Jin Kui Yaolu" was only excavated in the Song Dynasty.
The whole recipe is composed of 9 Chinese medicines, such as "13 pieces of dried ephedra, 4 taels of ephedra, 4 taels of ginger, 3 taels of asparagus, 3 taels of aster, 3 taels of coltsfoot, half a liter of Schisandra chinensis, 7 jujubes, and 8 pieces of Banxia". Of course, this is the ancient dose, in modern clinical practice, the dose can be adjusted, 9g of shoot dry, 12g of ephedra (decoction first), ginger 12g, 3g of fine spice (decoction first), aster 9g, coltsfoot 9g, schisandra chinensis 12g, jujube 4, banxia 12g (decoction first), water decoction.
In fact, the ephedra soup is not only strong in cough suppression, but also in asthma, mainly because of the power of several groups of medicines, which is really powerful. The first group of drugs is shot dry and ephedra, the effect of shooting dry and pharynx is very strong, the antiasthmatic effect of ephedra is very strong, and the compatibility of the two drugs can also enhance the effect of phlegm and cough; The second group of medicine pairs is coltsfoot and aster, these two traditional Chinese medicines can be called the "trump card medicine pair" for cough and asthma, and whether it is cold, hot or hot cough, they are both treated equally, and coltsfoot and aster are one to promote and one to fall, diarrhea and cough, reduce inversion and expectorant, warm cold drink, and adjust the qi; The third group of medicines is ginger with Banxia, one is to dry the spleen and dampness to eliminate the source of phlegm, the second is to clean the throat and clean the phlegm to break the phlegm knots, and the third is to warm the lungs and drink, reduce the inversion and dissolve phlegm, and smooth the chest and diaphragm, so that the qi is unblocked. Therefore, with such three sets of classic medicine pairs in the whole prescription, why can't the cold cough be broken?
So, why does the ephedra soup have such a good effect, in fact, in the final analysis, it is its wonderful compatibility. The whole prescription uses ejaculation and ephedra as the king's medicine, among which ejaculation mainly plays the role of diarrhea and lung reversal, pharyngeal dispersion, expectorant and drink, while ephedra mainly plays the role of promoting lung and warming the lungs, dissipating cold, relieving cough and asthma, and opening up the qi; Aster, coltsfoot, ginger, banxia and asaroxin are the subordinate medicines, among which aster and coltsfoot are the core of cough and asthma, ginger and banxia are the core of reducing inversion and phlegm, and asaroxin mainly plays the role of warming the lungs and promoting lung qi; Schisandra chinensis, ginger and jujube are used as adjuvants, among which Schisandra chinensis astringens lung qi to prevent the medicine of Xuanfa and catharsis from hurting lung qi, ginger is also used as a supplement, which mainly plays the role of restricting Banxia, and jujube mainly plays the role of biochemical qi and blood and nourishing lung qi; Jujube is used as a medicine, and it is also used as a medicine, which mainly plays the role of tonifying Zhongqi and harmonizing various medicines.
The strength of Ephedra Soup for cold cough is far superior to that of Xiaoqinglong Soup, and the safety factor is also higher than that of Xiaoqinglong Soup. It's just that for thousands of years, Xiaoqinglong soup has been in the limelight, and the dry ephedra soup seems to be suspected of "Jinwu Zangjiao". But when it comes to the effect of cough and asthma, the ephedra soup is better. As Zhang Lu, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said, the ephedra soup is actually a small green dragon soup to remove cinnamon branches, peonies, licorice, plus shoot dry, aster, winter flowers, jujubes, "exclusively to ephedra, fine pungent published, shoot dry, five flavors under the qi, coltspart, aster moist dry, banxia, ginger phlegm, the four methods are extracted in one side, decompose its evil, jujube runs the spleen and the medicinal properties also."
The compatibility of Ephedra soup is rigorous and the medicinal effect is unique, which can be called the "trump card prescription" for the treatment of wind, cold, cough and asthma. However, there are some precautions, first of all, if you are allergic, if you are allergic to these Chinese medicines, then you can't use them; The second is pulmonary phlegm fever syndrome, which should not be used by women during pregnancy and normal menorrhagia. In addition, during the period of taking Ephedra Soup, the diet should be light and easy to digest, pay attention to rest, avoid fatigue, and avoid cold, cold, sticky, meaty, spicy, greasy, wine and cheese and other foods.
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