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Cough
Cough is a frequent symptoms of respiratory disease. It is caused by stimulation of sensory nerves in the mucosa of the pharynx, larynx, trachea and bronchi.
| Origin | Common Causes | Clinical Features |
| Pharynx | Post nasal drip | History of Chronic Rhinitis |
| Trachea | Laryngitis Tumour Whooping cough | Voice or swelling altered. |
| Trachea | Tracheitis | Raw retro sternal pain with cough |
| Bronchi | Bronchitis | Dry or productive cough, worse in morning Usually dry, worse in night, persistent cough. |
| Lung Parenchyma | Tuberculosis Pulmonary oedema Intestinal fibrosis | Productive, often with haemoptysis Dry initially, productive later Productive, change in posture induce sputum production Often at night, sputum pink and frothy Dry irritant and distressing. |
Ayurvedic Treatment
1. For unction of body, use the applications such as ghrita, enema, gruels, vegetable soup, milk, meat soup.
2. After unction of body, use smooth sudation.
3. Retention of stool and flatus should be overcome by enemas, and unctuous purgations.
4. Medicines use
Ghrita
1. Dashmula Ghrita
2. Kantakari Ghrita
3. Brihat Kantakari Ghrita
4. Rasanadi Ghrita
5. Pippalyadi Ghrita
6. Guduchyadi Ghrita
Avleha
1. Chitrakadi Leha
2. Agastya Haritaki
3. Vyaghri Haritaki
4. Aparajita leha
5. Duralabha leha
6. Bharangyadi leha
7. Haridhradi leha
Churna
1. Satyadi Churna
2. Seetopladi Churna
3. Marichadhi Churna
Tablets
1. Lavangadi vati
2. Haritakadi gudika
Decoction
1. Panch mula decoction
2. Baladi decoction
3. Kantakari decoction
4. Bharangyadi Decoction
5. Pushkarmuladi decoction
Juice
1. Juice of vasaka with honey should be taken in cough associated with hemorrhage.
2. Juice of ginger with honey
Compatible diet
Shali rice, black and green gram, kulthi, ghrita, meet soup, Pippali, rasana, shunthi, marich, hot water with honey.
Incompatible diet
Curd, smoking, heavy and oily diet.
Incompatible regimen
Sleeping during day time, smoking, excessive exertion.
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