Dry cough is lung heat or lung cold


Restoring balance, one patient at a time.
Many people ask whether a dry cough must be lung cold, or whether a dry cough must be lung heat. In fact, there is no such saying, because traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are like bells, and when they hit, they ring. Therefore, it is like a bell. As long as there is evil invading the lungs, whether it is cold, hot, wet or focus evil, cough can be caused. Therefore, whether it is lung heat or lung cold, there will be symptoms manifested as dry cough, different points, lung heat dry cough in addition to cough, but also manifested as dry throat, dry mouth, want to drink cold water, or yellow urine and so on. If the lung cold dry cough, will be manifested as fear of cold, like to drink warm water, drink warm water after the cough will be relieved, such characteristics, so to identify whether the cough is cold cough or hot cough, must be identified in combination with one of his incentives and mitigation factors, comprehensive analysis can reach the final conclusion.