What Chinese patent medicine should be taken for lung cold cough?
Recently, as the temperature drops sharply, lung cold and cough have become one of the hot health topics. Many patients hope to relieve their symptoms through proprietary Chinese medicines, but faced with the dazzling array of medicines on the market, they often don’t know how to choose. This article will combine the hot discussions on the Internet in the past 10 days to sort out the applicable Chinese patent medicines and precautions for cough caused by lung cold.
1. Typical symptoms of lung-cold cough

The main symptoms of lung-cold cough are: cough with white phlegm, thin phlegm, fear of cold, thin and white tongue coating, etc. The following is the statistics of symptom keywords that have been hotly discussed by netizens recently:
| Symptom keywords | Discussion popularity (percentage) |
|---|---|
| white phlegm | 42% |
| Cough gets worse at night | 28% |
| Itchy throat | 18% |
| Chill | 12% |
2. List of recommended Chinese patent medicines
According to traditional Chinese medicine theory and recent medication feedback, the following Chinese patent medicines have significant effects on cough caused by lung cold:
| Drug name | Main ingredients | Applicable symptoms | Usage and dosage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tongxuanlifei Pills | Perilla leaves, Pediculus chinensis, Platycodon grandiflorum | Cough with white phlegm, stuffy nose and runny nose | 2 times a day, 1 pill each time |
| Xiaoqinglong Mixture | Ephedra, peony, asarum | Excessive and clear phlegm, chest tightness and asthma | 3 times a day, 10ml each time |
| Xingsu cough granules | Bitter almond, perilla leaf | Dry cough with less phlegm and itchy throat | 3 times a day, 1 bag each time |
| anti-cough pills | Poppy shell, ephedra | Severe cough without phlegm | 2 times a day, 6g each time |
3. Recently popular dietary combinations
In addition to Chinese patent medicines, netizens also shared the following dietary regimens:
| Diet plan | Preparation method | Discussion popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Ginger jujube brown sugar water | 3 slices of ginger + 5 red dates boiled in water |
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