Cat coughing and asthma are also problems that have long troubled owners. Many cat owners will ask, why does my cat suddenly cough again? What should I do? For coughs, Western medicine mostly focuses on symptoms, and different symptoms are treated differently. Traditional Chinese medicine often directly relieves coughs, while Chinese medicine pays attention to treating the root cause and targeting the cause. I dare not say that it is more effective, but it is an idea and we can try it in normal times.

In traditional Chinese medicine, for the treatment of cough and asthma, the cause of the disease should first be identified, and different drugs should be selected for different causes. For example, for coughs caused by exogenous wind and cold, pungent and warm drugs should be used to relieve the symptoms. Coughs caused by exogenous wind-heat should be combined with pungent and cooling external medicines, and coughs caused by fatigue should be combined with tonic medicines. This is also caused by the different properties of different Chinese medicines. Here are some Chinese medicines suitable for cats to relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

1. Pinellia ternata

The dried tubers of Pinellia ternata are spherical, semi-spherical or oblique, with a diameter of 0.8 to 2 cm. The surface is white or light yellow, and the unpeeled skin shows yellow spots. The upper end is mostly round and flat, with a sunken yellow-brown stem mark in the center, densely covered with brown pit-like fibrous root marks around it, and the lower side is blunt, round and smooth. The quality is solid and dense. The longitudinal section is kidney-shaped, white and powdery; those with old texture or improper drying process will be grayish-white or show yellow streaks. The powder smells pungent and pungent, sticky when chewed, numbs the tongue and irritates the throat. The ones that are large, clean-skinned, white in color, firm in texture, and powdery enough are preferred. The ones that are small, not cleanly peeled, yellowish-white in color, and small in pinkness are the next worst.

Pinellia ternata is a medicine that warms and resolves cold phlegm. Banxia Xin Powder is warm, dry and toxic. It mainly enters the spleen and stomach and also enters the lungs. It can move water and dampness, reduce adverse qi, and is good at dispelling spleen and stomach dampness and phlegm. When the water and dampness are removed, the spleen will be strong and phlegm and saliva will disappear. When the adverse qi is reduced, the stomach will be harmonious and bloating and vomiting will stop. Therefore, it is a good medicine for drying dampness and resolving phlegm, lowering adverse qi to stop vomiting, and eliminating phlegm and dissipating stagnation.

Pinellia ternata has an inhibitory effect on the cough center and vomiting center. It is mainly used to treat cough and asthma due to damp phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms of cough and qi inversion. Pinellia ternata can also eliminate food and dissipate stagnation, and is used to treat abdominal distension and fullness. It is often combined with skullcap and coptis. , dried ginger can be used equally to treat qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction, and can be used equally with Magnolia officinalis, Poria cocos, perilla leaves, and ginger.

2. Araceae

Aroid is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Araceae family, Araceae, Northeastern Aroid, or Different-leafed Aroid. They are the dried tubers of various Aroids with their skins removed. The tubers are hemispherical or oblate. The diameter is 2 to 7 cm, and the height and thickness are 1 to 3 cm. There is a depressed stem mark in the center of the top surface, and there are many fibrous root marks around it. There are several protruding lateral buds around it, which are also flat and spherical, and the whole is in the shape of a tiger's palm, hence the name "Tiger Palm Southern Star". But there are also those without side buds. The surface is milky white, or light brown if the outer skin is not removed. Hard quality. The cross section is white and powdery. The smell is slight, the taste is spicy and the tongue is numb.

Araceum is also a medicine for warming and resolving cold phlegm, and its effect of drying dampness is stronger than that of Pinellia ternata., suitable for wind-phlegm cough, etc., often used together with tangerine peel, pinellia, and atractylodes. It can also treat tetanus and twitching of limbs in cats, and is mostly compatible with Pinellia ternata.

3. Fritillary fritillary

Fritillary fritillary is a perennial herb, 15 to 55 cm tall. Bulb conical or nearly spherical, 5 to 12 mm in diameter. The stem is erect, green or slightly brownish-purple, with small gray spots. The leaves are attached to the upper 1/3 or 1/5 of the stem, usually opposite at the lower end, and three-leaf whorls at the upper end, rarely alternate; the leaves are linear, 5 to 12 cm long, 2 to 10 mm wide, and the apex is curled into a tendril shape. . The flowers are solitary on the top of the stem, with only 2 flowers, drooping, and bell-shaped; the perianth is 6-piece, rhombus-elliptical, 2.5-3 cm long, with 3 outer whorls that are more pinched, with an obtuse apex or a pointed tip, yellow-green, with Purple square patterns and veins: 6 stamens, 1 to 1.5 cm long; ovary with 3 cells, thick style, 3 divergent stigmas. The capsule is hexagonal and rectangular, 7 to 20 mm long and 12 mm in diameter. Seeds are thin, flat, semicircular, and yellow. Flowering period is June. Fruit ripening period is August. Grows in alpine meadows or moist shrubs. Distributed in Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai and other places.

Fritillaria Fritillaria is a traditional Chinese medicine that clears away heat and phlegm. Fritillaria Fritillaria contains total alkali, which has a significant antitussive effect. Total saponins have a significant expectorant effect, so Fritillaria Fritillaria has the ability to clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. effect. It is used for dry cough due to lung heat, dry cough with less phlegm, and is used together with Anemarrhenae. It is used to treat cough due to yin deficiency and coughing up phlegm with blood. It can be used together with Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus.

When treating with traditional Chinese medicine, we must first identify the cause of the disease and then prescribe the right medicine. Some traditional Chinese medicine can not only cure the disease, but also play a role in recuperating the cat's body. Of course, you must also pay attention to the dosage when using traditional Chinese medicine. Too much may cause harm to the cat. Poisoning cats.