Daughter is four years old, recently for more than half a year, she has been coughing intermittently, a lot

Patient's question:

My daughter is four years old. For the past six months, she has been coughing intermittently, often with phlegm—sometimes white, sometimes yellow. She has seen both Chinese and Western medicine doctors. The Chinese medicine has been somewhat helpful, but the Western medicine anti-inflammatory drugs have been almost useless; injections are the only thing that works. During this period, she had three X-rays taken (one showed a small amount of lung infection, and the other two showed bronchitis.) However, each time she was treated, the cough returned within a week at the most. In recent days, her cough has been particularly severe at night, and if she eats anything within two hours before bed, she usually coughs it up. Is she likely to have chronic bronchitis? Is there a possibility of tuberculosis? Should I take her to a Chinese medicine doctor or a Western medicine doctor? If it's Western medicine, in the short term

Doctor's answer:

According to your description, the 4-year-old child has had a cough for more than half a year, and it keeps coming and going, not getting better smoothly. It is recommended that you try cooking garlic for the child as a dietary therapy, which may be effective for the cough. If necessary, you can also consult a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner for syndrome differentiation and regulation.