How to treat white sputum caused by bronchitis?

The main cause of chronic bronchitis is that acute bronchitis is not treated in time, resulting in long-term stimulation after infection. This disease is difficult to cure regardless of whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, but patients should not be discouraged. After treatment, the condition will be alleviated or even cured. When suffering from bronchitis, there will be white sputum when coughing, which is generally a symptom of yin deficiency and lung heat. So, how should it be treated?

Provide vitamin B complex and vitamin C, 1 tablet each, 3 times a day. For patients with chronic and recurrent illnesses, vitamin AD should be provided, 1 tablet each time, 2-3 times a day. For young and weak children with mild symptoms, they can take sulfonamides or penicillins orally, and use certain expectorants and cough suppressants to achieve a synergistic therapeutic effect. Sulfonamides can be used in combination with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 20 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, orally in two divided doses.

Since sulfonamides are excreted slowly and can easily cause crystal precipitation in the kidneys, sufficient water should be supplied during medication to facilitate excretion. Some patients are allergic to sulfonamides. Rash, exfoliative dermatitis, etc. may occur after use. Do not use if you have a history of allergies. Amoxicillin can be used as a penicillin drug, 40-80 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, taken orally after meals in 3-4 divided doses. When taking oral penicillins, one should also pay attention to the history of penicillin allergy. They should be used with caution in patients who are allergic to penicillin, and should even be banned in patients with specific constitutions or those who are prone to allergic reactions. Such patients can be treated with the cephalosporin cefuroxime instead, 25-50 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, divided into 3-4 doses. Expectorant and cough suppressant drugs can be selected from phlegm-resolving tablets, 1/2 to 1 tablet each time, 3 times a day.

Bronchitis can also be treated by TCM differentiation of symptoms:

(1) Wind-cold type: cough, itchy throat, thin white sputum, nasal congestion, clear mucus, body pain, floating and tight pulse, thin white tongue coating. Use Xingsu Powder with added ingredients: 3g perilla leaf, 3g tangerine peel, 4.5g pinellia tuber, 9g huoling, 3g liquorice, 4.5g citrus aurantium, 3g mint, 9g lung wind grass, 3g angelica dahurica, 4.5g peucedanum. Decoction in water, twice a day.

(2) Wind-heat type: Cough with yellow sputum that is difficult to cough up, thirst, fever, sweating, rapid pulse, yellow tongue coating with reddish color. Use Wen Dan Tang with added ingredients: 2 g of Ephedra sinica, 3 g of Bitter Apricot, 6 g of Perilla seed, 9 g of Morus alba, 15 g of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, 15 g of Houttuynia cordata, 6 g of Platycodon grandiflorum, 3 g of Rhizoma Cibotii, and 6 g of Scutellaria baicalensis. Decoction in water and take twice a day.

Patients need to pay attention to maintaining indoor air circulation, especially in their bedrooms, and maintaining appropriate temperature and humidity. Eat easily digestible food and drink plenty of water. Eat more cough-relieving foods, such as loquat, grapefruit, yam, lily, kelp, etc. Don't smoke or drink, and eat a light diet.