Why do I have a lot of phlegm but no cough?

If you have excessive phlegm, you should pay attention to whether it is caused by a weak constitution and insufficient vital energy. If your spleen and stomach are weak, you may also have excessive phlegm. Therefore, you need to pay attention to physical regulation to effectively alleviate this phenomenon of excessive phlegm.

1. There are many reasons for excessive sputum:

First, the physique is weak and the vital energy is insufficient. Due to the spleen's insufficiency, water and moisture can remain and condense into phlegm. Second, the spleen and stomach are weak, and stagnation of water can damage the spleen and stomach; or eating too much raw food, melons and fruits can damage the middle yang; or drinking too much water due to fever and inadequate spleen function can cause water and moisture to retain and gather into phlegm. In addition, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause turbid air to accumulate in the stomach, generate dampness and heat, and also turn into turbid phlegm. Third, if exogenous infection is not treated properly, or if a person is weak and suffers from exogenous infection repeatedly, the lung qi will be damaged and unable to transport fluid to the four parts of the body and regulate the water channels to transport it to the bladder, causing the fluid to retain and turn into phlegm. The phlegm is stored in the lungs, the lung qi is not well affected, and the phlegm surges into the airways, which will inevitably lead to coughing and excessive phlegm.

2. Treatment of cough and sputum

Coughing and sputum are common symptoms of respiratory inflammation, which are more common in the elderly. But coughing is also a defensive reaction of the human body.

Phlegm is mucus secreted by the respiratory tract. Expelling phlegm through coughing can keep the respiratory tract clean and unobstructed. If you suffer from chronic bronchitis and have a lot of phlegm, you must cough it out in time, otherwise it will induce respiratory obstruction and cause pneumonia. However, long-term coughing and excessive sputum will become a habitual disease, and if not treated early, it will also cause asthma and bronchitis.

3. Several common diseases with excessive sputum:

1. Chronic bronchitis is prone to coughing, wheezing, and excessive sputum when exposed to cold. If it is not cured for a long time, it may develop emphysema and cor pulmonale. When combined with bacterial infection, the sputum is yellow and sticky and the patient has fever.

2. Pneumonia: Lobar pneumonia is accompanied by rusty sputum and chills and fever.

3. Pulmonary tuberculosis causes fever, night sweats, and when lung cavities form, there is a lot of sputum. Tests can reveal tuberculosis bacteria, which may be accompanied by blood in the sputum.

4. Bronchiectasis produces a large amount of sputum, which can be divided into three layers: thin, thick, and extra thick. It may also be accompanied by coughing up blood.

5. Lung abscess produces a lot of sputum with a foul odor, accompanied by fever.

6. The sputum of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is green or yellow-green, sticky, and accompanied by fever.

7. Lung cancer causes coughing up sputum that is thin or thick, sometimes with blood, and in the late stage the sputum also smells bad.