Symptomatic treatment of specific symptoms of cough and sputum in pet cats

Dec 01,2023
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Cats have various respiratory diseases. When respiratory diseases have symptoms of cough and phlegm, they should be treated with traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese patent medicine that relieves cough and reduces phlegm. Of course, there are many symptoms of cough, including dry cough and wet cough. The causes of cough, etc. are also different, so when choosing drugs, you should also treat them according to the specific symptoms.

1. Medicines for warming and resolving cold phlegm:

"Cold phlegm" refers to coughing up phlegm caused by feeling cold. The phlegm is white and thin, with a large amount of phlegm. The cough is loud, the phlegm is thin and white, and is often accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, and headache. , fever, chills, no sweat, soreness and soreness in the limbs and other symptoms.

1. Cough syrup: licorice extract, Platycodon grandiflorum, orange peel tincture, ammonium chloride. Expectorant, antitussive. For coughs caused by colds in kittens. Cough caused by exogenous wind-heat or cough caused by exogenous wind-cold, yellow or white phlegm, aversion to cold and fever, thin yellow tongue coating or thin white and greasy tongue coating, etc. Mainly used for colds, bronchitis, pharyngitis, etc.

2. Xiansheng Kechuanning Oral Liquid: Ephedra, Radix Rhizome, Almond, Platycodon, and Licorice.

It can be used in all directions, both up and down, and has both cold and warm properties, which complement each other. The lung qi can be released without the disadvantages of consumption and injury; the righteous qi can be restrained without the risk of retaining evil; the phlegm and saliva can be transformed without hindering the accumulation of warmth; the evil heat can be cleared without the risk of excessive cold. It is suitable for upper respiratory tract discomfort symptoms caused by diseases such as upper respiratory tract infection, chronic bronchitis, asthma, bronchiectasis with infection, and colds and other diseases.

3. Almond cough syrup: almond water, Baibu Liu extract, Polygala liquid extract, Tangerine peel liquid extract, Platycodon liquid extract, Licorice liquid extract. Resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is used for phlegm blocking the lungs and cough with excessive phlegm. (Acute and chronic bronchitis with the above syndromes)

4. Qinglong granules: ephedra, cassia twig, white peony root, dried ginger, asarum, licorice (honey roasted), pinellia ternata, Schisandra chinensis

Relieve the exterior and dissolve the drink, relieve cough and asthma. It is used for drinking water due to wind and cold, aversion to cold, fever, no sweat, wheezing and cough with thin phlegm. Tongxuanlifei: Perilla leaf, Pediculus, Platycodon, bitter almond, ephedra, licorice, tangerine peel, pinellia (prepared), Poria, Citrus aurantium (fried), Scutellaria baicalensis.

2. Wind-heat cough medicine

"Hot phlegm" refers to the phlegm caused by the evil feeling of fire. The phlegm is yellow and thick, and is difficult to cough up. It is characterized by frequent coughing, thick breath, sore throat, thick yellow phlegm or sticky and unpleasant phlegm, often accompanied by Symptoms include fear of wind, body heat, yellow and turbid nose, thirst, headache and other symptoms. To use heat-clearing and phlegm-reducing medicines, the commonly used ones include Jizhiji syrup, Luo Han Guo antitussive granules, Shedan Sichuan Beilu (liquid), Sichuan Bean Loquat dew, Zhike Ning syrup, Niuhuang Shedan Sichuan Bei liquid, Qutan Ling, and Fresh Bamboo Liquor. Oral liquid, etc.

3. Cough medicine for wind dryness

Symptoms include dry cough without phlegm, or less and sticky phlegm that is difficult to cough up.Or there may be blood streaks in the sputum, dry throat, dry nose and lips, etc. If you want to use medicine that clears the lungs and soothes the lungs, you can choose Lingyang Qingfei Pills, Xingsu Erchen Pills, etc.

1. Lingyang Qingfei Pills: The prescription consists of 24 herbs. It is often used to treat cough caused by phlegm-heat stagnation in the lungs, stroke and mania caused by phlegm-heat blinding the clearing of the orifices. In the prescription, antelope horn, skullcap, and mulberry bark are the main medicines for clearing and purging lung fire. Among them, antelope horn can also refresh the mind and wake up the mind; rhubarb can purge hot knots in the intestines, gardenia can purge triple energizer, paeonol bark can clear away heat in the blood, and daqing Leaves, isatis root, honeysuckle clear away heat and detoxify, and are used as auxiliary drugs; almond, platycodon, tangerine peel, Fritillaria fritillary, golden fruit olive, mint, loquat leaves, dandelion to relieve cough, clear gold and resolve phlegm and soothe the throat, Radix Rehmanniae, Scrophulariaceae, Dendrobium, Asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus and Trichosanthes are sweet and cold, nourishing yin to moisten the lungs, and are used as adjuvant medicines; licorice is used as an envoy medicine when blended with other medicines. Compatible with all prescriptions, it has the functions of clearing away heat and purging the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, detoxifying and soothing the throat, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs.

2. Xingsu Erchen Pills: Pinellia ternata (made from ginger), perilla leaves, tangerine peel, Pediculus chinensis, almonds, Platycodon grandiflorum, Poria cocos, and Zhigancao. Disperses wind and relieves symptoms, resolves phlegm and relieves cough, regulates qi and relieves depression. It is used for colds, nasal congestion, headaches and coughs caused by exogenous wind and cold.

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