Turmeric and Cough
An Analysis of Turmeric and Cough
Turmeric has a warm nature, a refreshing taste, and bitterness. It has the effect of breaking qi and blood stasis, passing menstruation and relieving pain. In the case of cough, many ancient doctors have explored its effectiveness.
Covers the cause of cough, or is exogenous evil energy, wind cold, summer dampness and dry fire invading the lung system; or due to internal injuries to the viscera, the lung loses publicity and descends. Turmeric has a fleeting nature and can carry out qi and blood. If the lung qi is stagnant, and the qi and blood are not smooth and cause cough, turmeric can help the lung qi to spread, and if the qi moves, the phlegm will easily melt, and the cough can also be slowed down.
Looking at the pharmacology, turmeric contains curcumin Curcumin has anti-inflammatory power. When coughing, there is much inflammation in the airway. Turmeric can reduce the inflammatory response, relieve the discomfort of the airway, and then relieve the symptoms of cough. And it also has certain antibacterial and antiviral properties. If the cough is caused by external evil, turmeric may help to resist external evil and promote the recovery of the body.
Then use turmeric to treat cough, also need to differentiate syndromes. If it is a wind-hot cough, the symptoms are thick sputum, dry throat and mouth, etc. Turmeric is warm in nature, and it may help heat to make fire, which will aggravate the condition. In the early stage of cold cough, the cold evil bundles the surface, and the power of turmeric to move qi may be accompanied by a medicine to relieve the surface, so that the cold evil has a way out. If it is an internal injury cough, such as lung qi deficiency, or lung yin deficiency, turmeric should be used as a product to replenish lung qi, in order to prevent too much qi and damage righteousness.
In short, turmeric does have a certain effect on cough, but the way of using medicine lies in accurate syndrome differentiation and reasonable compatibility, in order to give full play to its length and heal the disease.
