What are the traditional Chinese medicines for treating cough?

Chinese herbal medicine for treating cough

1, almond

Ingredients: The seed contains about 5% fatty oil and 2% amygdalin, which can be hydrolyzed to produce hydrocyanic acid, benzaldehyde and glucose. In addition, it also contains emulsifying agent, emulsin and cherry glucosidase.

Tropism of nature and taste: bitter, slightly warm and slightly toxic. Return to lung and large intestine meridian.

Function: relieving cough and asthma, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

2, loquat leaves

Ingredients: containing saponin, amygdalin, oleanolic acid, etc.

Tropism of nature and taste: bitter and flat. Enter the lung and stomach meridians.

Function: clearing away lung heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma.

3. Baibu

Ingredients: Stemonane, protostemine and other alkaloids.

Tropism of nature and taste: sweet, bitter and flat. Return to lung meridian.

Function: moistening lung, relieving cough, killing lice and insects.

4. Pinellia ternata

Ingredients: contains volatile oil, a little fat, starch, nicotine, mucus, etc.

Tropism of nature and taste: pungent, warm and toxic. Enter spleen, stomach and lung meridians.

Functions: eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, and reducing swelling and resolving hard mass.

Step 5 be angry

Ingredients: mainly cholate.

Sexual taste: bitter, cold. Enter lung, liver and gallbladder meridians.

Function: clearing away lung-heat, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and toxic materials.