Patient's question:
No.Doctor's answer:
Because coughing is divided into external pathogen cough and internal injury cough, and external pathogen cough is further divided into wind-cold cough and wind-heat cough. Different types of cough require completely different medications, and dietary methods also vary. Here, I will teach parents a simple way to distinguish, which is to observe the child's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, it indicates wind-cold cough, suggesting that the child has a cold and the coughed sputum is thin, white, and sticky, accompanied by nasal congestion and runny nose. In this case, it is recommended to consume some warm and heat-clearing foods. If the child's tongue coating is yellow and red, it indicates wind-heat cough, suggesting that the child has significant internal heat, and the coughed sputum is yellow, thick, and difficult to expel, accompanied by sore throat. In this case, it is recommended to consume some lung-quieting and heat-clearing foods.