The most effective way to treat dry cough without phlegm is to stay away from dry cough!

Experts say: Coughing is a manifestation of the body's self-defense and a reaction to clear respiratory secretions or foreign matter. Although coughing has its advantages, frequent coughing is not a good thing. So what is the reason for dry cough without phlegm?

Causes of dry cough, itchy throat and no phlegm

1. Dry evil invades the lung system, commonly known as lung heat, which manifests as dry cough without phlegm or little and sticky phlegm, accompanied by dry throat, itchy throat, dry nose, thirst, red tongue with little fluid. The treatment should be to relieve the symptoms, clear the lungs, moisten the dryness and stop the cough.

2. Lung yin deficiency, lung qi deficiency, lung yin depletion, insufficient body fluid, yin deficiency fire excess, and internal heat. Clinical manifestations include dry cough without sputum, mild during the day and severe at night, and persistent. Accompanied by dry mouth and throat, hot hands and feet, weight loss, and sweating. The method should be to nourish yin and moisten the lungs, clear dryness and stop cough.

3. Liver depression, qi stagnation, fluid accumulation and phlegm coagulation. This type of syndrome is more common in laryngeal cough, and its main symptoms are dry cough, or cough with little phlegm.

4. Disharmony between the liver and stomach, and upward flow of qi. This type of syndrome is often related to gastroesophageal reflux, manifested by dry cough with little sputum, constant coughing, easy to occur at night, and often accompanied by heartburn and acid reflux.

5. Liver Yin deficiency. This type is common in cough variant asthma, which often occurs in spring. The clinical manifestations are recurrent or continuous coughing, which often occurs or worsens at night or in the morning. It is mainly dry cough, sometimes with a small amount of white sticky phlegm, dry throat and thirst.

What is the best way to treat dry cough?

1. Radish

Radish has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting urination, and detoxifying. The simplest way is to boil a bowl of radish water for children, which has a good effect on cough. Of course, you can also make radish ginger juice, radish soup, sugar-pickled radish, radish and sake decoction as a medicinal diet to better treat children's cough.

2. Garlic

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, garlic is spicy, sweet and warm in nature. It can warm the stomach, help digestion and regulate qi, detoxify and kill insects. It also protects the cardiovascular system, protects liver function, prevents colds and has strong sterilization effects. Therefore, if you drink some garlic water in moderation, it will have a good effect on the recovery of children's cough.

3. Pear

When I was a child, my family would boil a pear and add honey when I had a cold and cough. In fact, pears do have the effect of treating coughs. Because pears themselves contain a lot of protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, glucose, fructose, malic acid, carotene and various vitamins. In addition, pear skin, pear flowers, leaves and roots can also be used as medicine, which has good effects of clearing heat, eliminating phlegm, moistening the lungs and detoxifying. It has good effects on dryness and cough, cold cough, measles cough and tracheitis cough.

Honey Pear Water

Wash 1-2 pears, peel, core and cut into pieces. Add cold boiled water to a stew pot and simmer over low heat for about 1 hour. Remove from the pot and let it cool, then add about 2 spoons of medical-grade Ji'antang honey and mix well.

It has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving dryness; it can relieve symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, and dry throat caused by autumn dryness.