Hello, I'm glad to answer your question. According to the situation you mentioned, the main thing to consider is that it has a lot to do with the spleen and stomach, and we will talk to you about the reasons for this.

If you have a cough with phlegm during a cold, this is normal, but if you don't have a cold and there is always phlegm in your throat, you need to consider the root cause of the problem.

In Chinese medicine, where does phlegm come from? The spleen and stomach are the vessels for producing phlegm, and the lungs are the vessels for storing phlegm. In fact, it is clear from these two statements that the root cause of phlegm is directly related to the spleen and stomach.

If the spleen and stomach are not good for a long time, for example, the innate weakness of the spleen and stomach, as well as the improper diet of the acquired, will lead to the weakness of the spleen and stomach, and the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach's function of transportation and digestion. We eat all kinds of food, part of it is converted into water and grain essence, but there is still a part of it can not be digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach, it will stay in the body for too long, be slowly converted into excess energy, it will form the water metabolism obstacles, and part of the formation of dampness, temporarily stored in the lungs, once there is a sense of wind and cold, or indigestion, will lead to coughing and phlegm.

In the clinic, many people encountered because there has been phlegm in the throat, coughing out, in fact, is because the spleen and stomach transportation is not good, resulting in the formation of phlegm and dampness. If only through the cough to treat phlegm, can only temporarily relieve the symptoms, when the effect of the medicine past will lead to the recurrence of symptoms. Be sure to pay attention to the spleen and stomach have no problem, do not blindly take a lot of antibiotics and cough medication.

In this case, we must choose from the spleen and stomach to regulate the first to control the diet, avoid eating cold, spicy and stimulating food, avoid overeating, try not to eat too much at night, do not eat pressure bed rice, do not drink pressure bed milk.

Moxibustion can be used to remove cold and dampness, eliminate phlegm, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Specific acupuncture points can refer to the middle epigastric point, lower epigastric point, danzhong point, Fenglong point, foot Sanli point, Tianchu point, large vertebrae point, lung Yu point.

Coughing up phlegm in the throat is a common symptom for many people, and there are several, common conditions.

The first is like a layer of mucus in the throat, which can only be coughed up with great effort, and after coughing, the throat is dry. After coughing, the throat is dry, and soon after, it is like a layer of mucus again. This is mostly due to inflammation of the nasopharynx. In fact, it wasn't him, but, rather, the exudate of the inflammation. Just like the fluid that comes out of your hands after an injury, there is some protection.

The second type is the perennial phlegm right at the mouth of the throat that makes a whistling sound. Most of this kind is related to the trachea. Chronic bronchitis can be a condition where the phlegm is right in the trachea and it doesn't take a lot of effort to cough it up.

The third is, caused by diseases of the lungs, this most of the phlegm in the depths, need to cough hard to cough out, such as bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is also difficult to cough up the phlegm.

So there is always phlegm in the throat, there are different manifestations and different diseases, if necessary, you need to go to the hospital for further examination. Chest ct can clarify whether there is any problem in the lungs, laryngoscopy can check whether there is any disease in the throat? If there is no problem after these tests, there is no need to worry.

A lot of people get up in the morning with phlegm in their throat that they always want to cough up, but it's not easy to cough up, and they tend to get nauseous when brushing their teeth. Some people's phlegm is sticky and difficult to cough up, some people's phlegm is moist and easy to cough up, some people's phlegm is like jelly, and some people's phlegm is like water, or foamy.Some people say that this is caused by a weak spleen and stomach, and that treating the spleen and stomach will do the trick. But why do some people get well, while others remain the same no matter how they eat, and what's going on?Let's talk about it today!

Regarding this issue of phlegm, the understanding of Chinese and Western medicine is indeed different!

Western medicine believes thatIf there is no cough and the phlegm feels like it is stuck in the throat, then it is usually related to inflammation associated with the throat；If it is accompanied by a cough, there may be inflammation of the bronchial tubes and lungs, such as chronic pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc., the medications used are usually anti-inflammatory, antiviral and pro-expectorant drugs.

Chinese medicine, on the other hand, believes thatThe appearance of phlegm is mainly related to the three organs of the lungs, spleen and kidneysThe spleen is the source of phlegm, the lungs are the reservoirs of phlegm, and the kidneys are the source of phlegm.However, it doesn't mean that once phlegm appears, the root cause is the spleen and kidney, so we have to treat the spleen and kidney first!, which is misinterpreting the above quote.

This is also the reason why many people have obviously taken a lot of ginseng-ling-white-art-jelly granules or some other medicines for strengthening the spleen and stomach, but there is still no improvement. The amount of phlegm, the thinness and consistency of phlegm, as well as the presence or absence of other accompanying symptoms are the basis of TCM's diagnosis and treatment. It is not Chinese medicine to jump to conclusions without evidence.

Let's talk about this phlegm now, analyze it according to how much or how little it is, its color, its thinness, and some accompanying symptoms, and talk about how it should be treated.

First, sputum is small and sticky, not easy to cough, always want to cough but can not cough out, stuck in the throat, there is a sense of foreign body, sputum can be white or yellow color; it is often accompanied byDry throat, sore throat, nausea, dry mouth. Generally belongs toDryness injuring the lungs, or deficiency of Yin and lung-heatCoughing. Mostly due to smoking, drinking, staying up late, eating spicy stimulation, work factors lead to inhalation of excessive irritating gases, etc.; in the fall when the weather is dry is also prone to appear, and some patients with chronic cough.

For this type, it is possible toUse some medicines that clear lung heat and nourish lung yin, such as mulberry leaf, Luo Han Guo, mulberry white bark, guayule bark, smallpox pollen, salvia, maitake, yucca, dendrobium, asparagus, and other medicines to make water to drinkThe actual combination can be one or two clearing heat (the first five flavors) with one or two nourishing Yin (the second five flavors). Specifically with the words, you can choose to use one or two of them to clear heat (the first five flavors) and one or two to nourish yin (the last five flavors) with, if the sore throat is not obvious, then more nourishing yin on the line, the dosage, 3-6 grams ranging.

Second, phlegm is abundant and yellow, with fishy-smelling phlegm, accompanied by cough, nausea, or vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, constipation, and a red tongue with yellow greasy coating;This one belongs tophlegm and heat are in abundanceThe most common causes of phlegm are wind-cold and heat. Mostly due to wind-cold depression for a long time into heat, refining liquid into phlegm; or wind-heat offending lungs, lung heat steam liquid into phlegm; or cold and damp or damp-heat Yong lungs, depression for a long time into phlegm and heat, etc.; most often in the fat, sweet and greasy food addiction, drinking alcohol people.

For this type, it is possible toUse some medicines that clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, such as fresh fritillary root, rehmannia, raw coix seed, Zhi Mu, Sang Bai Pi, Zhe Bei, Gua Pou, Gardenia, etc. Boil water and drink it instead of tea.However, except for the first three flavors which can be used on their own, the others are not very recommended for long-term use on their own, so as not to injure the spleen and stomach or lead to cold lungs, and it is recommended to use them under the guidance of a doctor.

Third, phlegm and white, easy to cough, phlegm wet or thick, eating greasy food aggravated, accompanied by chest tightness, fatigue, fatigue, lazy speech, shortness of breath, stools are not shaped or easy to diarrhea, the tongue is fat or moss white;This one belongs tophlegm-dampness embedded in the lungs (TCM)The most common cause of this problem is the weakness of the spleen and stomach. Mostly due to the weakness of the spleen and stomach, over-eating fat, sweet, thick and greasy, over-eating raw and cold fruits and melons or frozen cold drinks, resulting in the production of dampness and phlegm, which is contained in the lungs.

For this type, it is possible toMore to strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as the beginning of the said ginseng ling bai ju granules, Er Chen pill, etc., but also can be used by themselves with Chen Pi, hawthorn, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Hou Pu, Lai Chi Zi, etc., the main water instead of tea drink.However, if you want to strengthen the spleen and stomach, you can consider proprietary Chinese medicines or powdered Chinese medicines, such as flat stomach pills, spleen pills and so on can be, phlegm-dampness internal flourishing drink too much tea is not appropriate.

Fourth, phlegm and sparse, sparse as water, easy to cough, this is not phlegm, should be called "drink" (a kind of phlegm), often accompanied by dizziness, palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, vomiting, thirst, but do not want to drink water, tongue white slippery and so on;This one belongs tophlegm and drink embedded in the lungs (TCM). It is also mostly caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach, or external dampness leading to Yang deficiency of the spleen and stomach, and the appearance of water-drinking upward against the lungs and heart.

For this type, justIt is not to strengthen the spleen and stomach, but to warm the yang and dissolve the drink, which simply means that warming and water-inducing medicines have to be used.for exampleGui Zhi, Dried Ginger, Poria, Semixia, Ginger, Glycyrrhiza Uralensisetc. For example, the classic formulas areLing Gui Zhu Gan Tang, Wu Ling San, Ling Gui Jiang Gan Tang, Gui Zhi Jia Gui Tang, Xiao Han Xia Jia Jia Fu Ling Tangetc. All of these medicines are warm and are not recommended to be used on their own. You can use moxibustion, and moxibustion of the Zhongshi, Shenque, Ashansanli, Fenglong, Daxi, and Lung Yu points are all good.

In addition, some people's phlegm is not only thin white, more, and there are quite a lot of foam, easy to be afraid of the cold, chest tightness, the weather changes will be easy to cough, shortness of breath, and even a piece of the back of the place is cold. There are also some people coughing phlegm related to emotions, an agitated cough, or easy to have chest and rib pain, bitter mouth and so on.

The organs involved in these different types may then be not only the lungs, spleen and kidneys, but also the liver and the heart.Specific cases should be combined with other symptoms or signs on the line dialectic, these are not their own can not simply tinker with it, the treatment of phlegm drink (that is, those coughing sputum clear thin, amount of water, or watery) of the medicine tends to be more warm and hot, self-medication may be prone to lung-heat cough, or even coughing up blood, so it is best to need a doctor's dialectic medication.In short, cough and phlegm should no longer be regarded as merely a spleen and stomach problem, and strengthening the spleen and stomach does not necessarily work.

Often people will not be able to spit out the phlegm, will make a "cough", "hmmm" sound, as if there is something sticking in the throat, in severe cases, but also feel weak breathing, especially the elderly, if the throat has phlegm, walk a few steps, or walk a staircase or two.

It will be obvious that the breath has a sense of suffocation, can not breathe, these in addition to the underlying disease, to a large extent, is the throat inside the phlegm in the trouble. So why is the human throat spit endless phlegm is actually a disease, we need to pay attention to.

First: A healthy throat, too, has mucus, but it does not interfere with the normal functioning of the body.

According to the human body institutions, the human body contains a variety of mucus water, blood in the organization of the operation of the throat under normal circumstances is also a large amount of mucus to keep the throat moist, conducive to the human body to swallow and voice, but the throat is the body's first "fortress"!

Throat is the human body in contact with the outside world in the first line of defense, the human body in the outside world to exchange substances, are through the human body's nasal cavity, the oral cavity for maintenance and operation, then in this process, there will be a variety of bacteria, fungi or harmful substances into the human body.

To give a very typical example, that is, if a person has a cold, the body's first early warning signals is to occur in the throat this position, such as the throat produces the symptoms are, inflammation, redness, swelling, pain, feeling a lot of secretion, resulting in the human body, no appetite, and the further development of the human body is to cause a low fever, or high fever.

And the reason for this pathology is because the body's resistance, or immunity, is very low at this time of the year, so it's being attacked by viruses and bacteria, which reacts to an immune response in the body to fight against external attacks.

So on top of the clinical symptoms, once the phlegm in the throat occurs, with a large amount of mucus produced over a period of time, we can say that it is infected by viruses and bacteria, which we usually call upper respiratory tract infections, and this kind of disease, due to the interference of external factors, most of these diseases occur in the spring, fall and winter.

And once attacked by the virus, the human body will produce an immune response, the body's immune cells will fight with the outside virus a lot of struggle, in the process of this struggle, there will be the production of necrotic cells and tissues, and these tissues can be expressed from the human body's sputum to show.

Depending on the developmental characteristics of the disease, human phlegm ranges from initially being like water, to a somewhat sticky phlegm, to a more viscous white phlegm, and finally to a yellow, sticky phlegm.

Finally, if the human body reaches the ability to remove viruses or bacteria, phlegm will slowly disappear, and finally the human body completely recovered, of course, many people always feel phlegm in the throat, so we can analyze the following reasons for this situation.

Second: From a western medical perspective, having ever phlegm in your throat, that means you must have inflammation in your throat.

It is very simple, why do we need to wear a mask, that is because the throat and nasal cavity directly to the finish contact, once the upper respiratory tract infection, at this time, the upper respiratory tract will produce a serious sense of discomfort, such as always want to cough, mucus in the throat will be a large number of production, the main manifestation of these inflammation leads to the secretion of a large number of mucus, these mucus will be a large number of aggregates, adhering to the throat, the

And the throat is an important place to breathe, once any foreign body is found, it will be unconsciously, conditioned to fire to get the human brain nerves, the human body will cough, want to spit, at this time, this coughing desire and stimulation of the human body will be infected, nasal cavity, oropharyngeal parts.

In the hypopharyngeal area, the back of the nose, etc., a large amount of secretion will accumulate, and finally sneezing, runny nose, a large amount of boogers, and so on after the body's inflammation of the secretion from the body's five senses, and some people also have a large amount of eye boogers, these are all the manifestations of the inflammation of the form.

Third: Analyze in depth the production of phlegm in our throats, evolved by those organs of the body.

Many times, for some minor patients, such as for a just cured simmering cold patients, in the cure well up after a period of time, feel the throat is still phlegm, but as long as the cough a little bit, and can be very easy to spit out, the body will feel very comfortable, about after a week or so, your natural recovery no phlegm, the

This phlegm is actually the human body after the inflammation of the throat, self-repair of a performance, such as in a serious cough, some people cough up blood, in addition to discharging other major diseases, we can understand whether to cough the mucous membrane at the throat rupture, and the human body once the recovery.

The human body will also have the process of self-repair, this process, will also produce a certain amount of secretion, as if the human body skin breakage, self-repair, there is osmotic fluid, there are scabs produce the same reasoning, once these produce, apoptosis, and after self-repair, the human body to recover, but also a human body has the phenomenon of phlegm.

The second kind: is what we often say tracheitis, because the human trachea is adjacent to the human throat, for example, many people after a cold, especially children, not thoroughly cured, it is easy to trigger inflammation of the trachea, which produces phlegm from the trachea will be presented at the throat, feel forever phlegm, signs of the land with chronic tracheitis patients,.

The third: that is, patients with minor lung problems, after all, the human body's lungs are directly related to breathing, the same from the outside world, once the lungs are inflamed, the body will produce a lot of secretions and mucus.

And to the patient's performance is very difficult to breathe, and you want to cough, but feel the phlegm is very deep, coughing for a long time are not coughing up, serious is to have lung obstruction related diseases, but also what we often say, throat phlegm cough not come out.

Concluding suggestion: in general, no matter what as long as you feel a foreign body sensation in your throat every day, have itching, want to cough, frequent and has lasted for more than 7 days, it means that you have inflammation in the throat, it is recommended to go to the hospital for further examination to discharge other diseases.

In addition we must, go out and wear a mask, can be very good to block the outside of some dust, a variety of microorganisms on the human respiratory tract attack, is conducive to reducing unnecessary respiratory infections. Eat more fruits and vegetables, enhance physical fitness, is the most fundamental.

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Normally, our body will discharge a small amount of phlegm every day, especially in the morning when we wake up more, but there will not always be phlegm in the throat, not to mention that there is always coughing up phlegm this situation occurs. If this situation occurs, it means that the body has some problems, which will make the phlegm constantly produced. So why is there always phlegm in the throat? Below, I will analyze it from the perspective of Western medicine and Chinese medicine respectively.

First, from the point of view of Western medicine, there are mainly the following reasons to cause the throat always coughing up phlegm

In fact, in our daily life, our respiratory tract inside the trachea and bronchial tubes will produce a small amount of mucus, which, in addition to playing a role in wetting, protection, but also can be brought into some of the harmful substances when we breathe and some of the waste produced by the body to the adherence and out, such as some of the dust particles in the air that we breathe in, bacteria, viruses, pollen and other substances, as well as trachea and bronchial tubes, some necrotic tissue. Some necrotic tissues in the trachea and bronchial tubes. Therefore, the sputum we usually spit out is a mixture of mucus secretions and dust, bacteria, viruses, pollen, necrotic tissue and other substances produced in the trachea, bronchial tubes and alveolar tissues of the respiratory tract. In fact, the daily phlegm behavior is also a kind of self-protection effect of the human body.

So why is there such a thing as coughing up endless phlegm?

This is mainly due to the increase in secretions from the trachea, bronchial tubes or lungs, which, in layman's terms, means that there is an infection and mucus is constantly being produced. If the inflammation and infection is not eliminated, then the phlegm will be produced all the time, so there is a constant coughing of phlegm, as if it were endless.

Generally speaking, there are two main causes of coughing up phlegm in Western medicine:

First, tracheal or bronchial diseases, such as tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc.

From the above analysis we know that in our respiratory tract trachea as well as bronchial tubes secrete a small amount of mucus, but when stimulated by inflammation, then mucus secretion increases. Especially in the presence of chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, then there is a significant increase in secretions due to inflammatory changes, in the presence of bacteria. When these secretions increase, they are naturally expelled by means of expectoration, and then naturally there is a large amount of phlegm.

Second, lung infections

When our lungs are infected, no matter it is bacterial infection or viral infection, it will stimulate the bronchial tubes of the lungs to produce a large amount of secretion, such as the most common pneumonia, as well as lung abscess, tuberculosis and other diseases. Clinical can also be coughed up through the sputum color to determine roughly what bacteria infection caused, such as coughing up a large amount of purulent yellow sputum, it is likely to be staphylococcus aureus infection; if the cough is green sputum, it is likely to be Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection; if the cough is rust-colored sputum, it may be due to lobar pneumonia infection.

And the more serious the infection is, the more sputum will be produced. If this sputum cannot be discharged in time, then it will affect the normal respiratory function, causing respiratory difficulties, and even the danger of asphyxiation may occur because a large amount of sputum clogs up the alveoli, thus preventing normal gas exchange.

Therefore, if you find that there is always coughing phlegm in the throat, then we should pay attention to, this must be when the body has problems, can be bronchial inflammation or lung inflammation caused by, must be targeted treatment, so as to reduce the production of secretion, then phlegm will naturally reduce the phenomenon of coughing up phlegm will also be very good improvement.

Second, from the point of view of Chinese medicine, there are mainly the following reasons to cause the throat in the always coughing phlegm

Western medicine believes that phlegm is caused by inflammation, but in traditional Chinese medicine, it is because the spleen has problems, which leads to the spleen's loss of transportation, the body's water can not be properly transported, resulting in water and dampness condensation into phlegm, stored in the lungs. Therefore, in traditional Chinese medicine, there is a "spleen as the source of phlegm, the lungs as the storage of phlegm apparatus" this kind of statement, and phlegm production is mainly related to the lungs and spleen organs.

Therefore, if we do not eat and drink properly, and eat more greasy, raw and cold food, it will affect our spleen and stomach, so that the spleen's function of transportation and digestion is affected; or in the usual life of excessive thinking, overwork, will damage to the spleen; or by the external six evils, dampness, cold, heat and other evils invade the human body, will be damaged by the function of the spleen and stomach, the spleen is not functioning, and the water and qi can not be transported and transformed, which will lead to The clear does not rise, the turbid does not descend, and also keep producing phlegm, which leads to excessive phlegm in the body, coughing and coughing.

Therefore, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, if there is always coughing phlegm in the throat, then it is our spleen and stomach problems, to improve this situation, we need to strengthen the spleen under the dialectic of traditional Chinese medicine doctors to dispel dampness, the spleen's function of transportation and digestion to restore, so that it will not continue to produce phlegm, and always coughing up phlegm will naturally improve the situation.

III. Summary

In general, whether from the point of view of Western medicine, or from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, if there is always coughing phlegm in the throat, then it is the body inside the problem, to pay attention to, can not be ignored, after all, if the phlegm of the situation can not be improved, will affect the normal life, and even affect the normal respiratory function, respiratory difficulties in the serious consequences.

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This is a very good question! There are many causes of excessive phlegm, not only physiological, pathological, and even psychological; and the etiological analysis of talking about excessive phlegm is very different between Western medicine and Chinese medicine.

First of all, phlegm is a common clinical symptom, the etiology behind it is more, but Western medicine believes that the main cause of phlegm is still in the respiratory system, in addition to the cardiovascular system, pleural lesions, as well as environmental and lifestyle factors, such as hot and cold climate, allergies, smoking, etc., summarized and summarized, there are some of the following reasons, for reference only.

Respiratory causes of phlegm

Western medicine believes that the main cause of phlegm is the respiratory system, because under the stimulation of external bacteria, allergens, foreign bodies, and physical and chemical factors, our respiratory system is prone to lesions, resulting in inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, making mucus secretion increase, and so the symptoms of phlegm.

There are even more factors that contribute to the development of lesions in the respiratory tract, as listed below:

(1) Infectious diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, lung abscess, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and so on;

(2) Airway obstructive diseases such as bronchiectasis, diffuse panbronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis, and so on;

(3) There are also occupational-related causes such as pneumoconiosis, metal dust pneumoconiosis, and pulmonary allergic diseases;

(4) Finally, there are some other neoplastic diseases such as primary bronchopulmonary cancer, metastatic lung malignancies, benign lung tumors, and so on.

Cardiovascular system etiology of phlegm

Western medicine believes that the cardiovascular system diseases, is also one of the causes of phlegm symptoms can not be ignored, this kind of cardiovascular diseases are: such as due to left ventricular failure, triggered by the lung organs of the blood flow is not good, so that the alveoli of the capillary pressure increases, which will result in plasma infiltration into the alveoli, the emergence of sputum symptoms, and this kind of causes of sputum, sputum is often the color of the pink foam.

Etiology of pleural lesions with excessive sputum

Clinical symptoms of excessive sputum are also seen as a result of pleural lesions, such as pleurisy, pyothorax, etc., due to which secondary lung infections occur, resulting in the formation of symptoms of excessive sputum.

Environmental and lifestyle factors in phlegm

Such as some allergic factors: pet hair, plant pollen, etc.; weather climate alternating hot and cold, etc.; there is also long-term smoking phlegm, and finally, there is haze and environmental dust stimulation, etc. caused by phlegm.

Summary: Western medicine believes that there are many causes of phlegm, but the main cause is in the respiratory system.

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First of all, sputum is mainly mucus secreted by trachea, bronchus and alveoli. Normal bronchial mucosa secretes only a small amount of mucus, about 100 ml per day, which plays a role in moisturizing the mucosa of the respiratory tract and adhering microorganisms. When the respiratory tract is stimulated by infection, physical and chemical factors and allergens, the mucous membrane will become congested and edematous, mucus secretion and plasma exudation will increase, which will be mixed with inhaled dust, bacteria, viruses, and shedding of senescent dead cells to form sputum. The nature of sputum can be categorized into mucus, plasma, mucopurulent, purulent and bloody.

A normal person coughing three or five times a day is considered within the normal range, and if the amount of phlegm exceeds more than ten or twenty milliliters in 24 hours, then it is called increased phlegm.

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There are many causes of phlegm:

1. Chronic bronchitis: usually colorless transparent or grayish-white mucus sputum, and pus sputum can also appear when combined with bacterial infection.
   

2. Pneumonia: usually purulent sputum, may be accompanied by fever and chest pain.
   

3. Bronchial dilatation: sputum is more voluminous, increasing in the early morning and at bedtime, mostly purulent sputum, and sputum may appear stratified after standing.
   

4. Tuberculosis: Usually accompanied by symptoms such as low-grade fever, night sweats, etc. The amount of sputum increases when a cavity is formed due to tuberculosis and may be accompanied by hemoptysis, chest pain and other discomforts.
   

5. Lung abscess: large amounts of purulent sputum, usually with a foul odor, and fever may be present.
   

6. Lung cancer: sputum is mucous or plasma foamy, and hundreds or thousands of milliliters of sputum can be coughed up every day, which may be accompanied by hemoptysis, breath-holding, dyspnea and so on.
   

The most important thing to do in treating phlegm is to find the cause of the disease, which may require perfecting chest radiographs, chest CT, sputum examination, blood tests and even bronchoscopy to confirm the diagnosis.

In addition to formal treatment, patients with chronic cough may also need to avoid exposure to related irritants in their daily life, including air pollution, smoking, toxic and harmful gases, etc., to minimize the frequency of symptomatic episodes.

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Why do you cough up phlegm even when you don't have a cold? This depends on the specifics of the phlegm, phlegm not only yellow, white, green, red, yellow and white and other colors not to mention, there are foam, jelly-like, pus, dilute a variety of styles. Of course, these different color traits actually react to the causes of phlegm, or can determine the cause of the disease, the development of the disease, today to talk to you about why some people always cough up phlegm in the throat?

Formation of phlegm

Phlegm is the liquid secreted by the respiratory tract after stimulation, and its purpose is to wrap up and carry away some waste, or invasive substances in the respiratory tract, including mucus, foreign bodies, pathogenic microorganisms, various inflammatory cells, necrotic epithelial cells and so on.

The color of sputum mainly depends on what substances are contained in the sputum, normally sputum should be colorless and transparent, if the lungs are purulent infections, the sputum is yellow or yellow, if it is yellow-green, it may be lobar pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the lungs, lung cancer, bronchial dilatation, rust-colored sputum may be lobar pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and so on. It is mainly based on the change of sputum color by the infected flora and products.

And the viscosity of sputum is mainly by the acidic glycoprotein content of sputum, the higher the acidic sputum protein content of sputum is more viscous, of course, due to respiratory tract infections, a large number of inflammatory cells and the destruction of the DNA produced by the sputum viscous viscosity will be significantly increased, the formation of the so-called thick sputum, not easy to discharged. Secondly, the PH of the phlegm also affects its viscosity, with the viscosity of phlegm increasing in acidic fluids and decreasing in alkaline fluids. This sense allows not only to determine the condition based on the sputum consistency, but also to choose medications to dilute the sputum by its nature and facilitate its elimination.

Where does the endless phlegm come from?

First of all, phlegm is the secretion of the respiratory tract, and as we said earlier, the formation of phlegm is related to some of our respiratory problems, including diseases, and the expulsion of phlegm is a self-protection mechanism of the respiratory tract to remove waste and irritation. Therefore, the presence of phlegm all the time can indicate that our respiratory tract must have some problems, and if there is phlegm all the time, it can only mean that these respiratory problems have always existed or are still developing, and of course, they may be recurring all the time.

The most plausible explanation for this is actually chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract, or some persistent irritation that causes it.

Chronic inflammatory conditions - such as rhinitis

At present, the number of people suffering from rhinitis may not be few, especially allergic rhinitis, for people suffering from rhinitis, more than 90% of the sputum belongs to rhinitis, sputum is mainly the nasal mucosa inflammatory response to the secretion of viscous mucus. These mucus by the nasal cilia transported to the nasopharynx, that is, adhered to the nasopharynx, can not enter the stomach to be digested, always adhering to the mucus caused by our pharyngeal discomfort, so we can only clear the pharyngeal foreign body through coughing, to eliminate phlegm. This is one of the reasons why there is always phlegm in the throat.

Persistent respiratory irritation - smoking

Tobacco tar, nicotine and hydrocyanic acid and other chemical substances have a variety of damaging effects, such as damage to the airway epithelial cells and cilia movement, so that the airway purification ability to reduce the airway, so that our respiratory tract is more susceptible to invasive infection by pathogenic microorganisms; stimulate parasympathetic nerves, but the contraction of the bronchial smooth muscle, resulting in an increase in airway resistance, so that the production of oxygen radicals increased, inducing neutrophils to release proteases, destroying the elastic fibers of the lungs The key point is that it will also promote the bronchial mucus glands and cup cells hyperplasia and hypertrophy, mucus secretion increased, which will make us have more sputum coughing out.

In addition to these two more typical types of phlegm expectoration, there are many illnesses that cause increased phlegm, some of which are inherently chronic, so they will always have phlegm, for example:

1. Chronic bronchitis: generally white sticky or slurry foam type, occasionally see blood in the sputum, more sputum in the early morning after waking up, change of position after activity can stimulate sputum. Mostly because of the bronchial epithelial cell degeneration, necrosis, shedding; bronchial wall of a variety of inflammatory cells infiltration infection caused by inflammatory products, etc., in addition to chronic obstruction of the lung will have the same type of sputum.
2. Bronchiectasis: sputum is mucoid, mucopurulent or purulent, may be yellowish-green in color, and when collected, it is also stratified, with foam in the upper layer, turbid mucus in the middle, agonistic components in the lower layer, and necrotic tissue in the lowest layer.
3. Pneumonia lobar pneumonia with rusty sputum and chills and fever.
4. Lung cancer cough sputum is thin or thick, sometimes with blood, central lung cancer can see sputum blood or hemoptysis mucinous adenocarcinoma can have a large amount of mucus sputum, when accompanied by secondary infection, the amount of sputum increases, and it is mucopurulent.
5. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection sputum is greenish or yellowish green, thicker and accompanied by fever.
6. ......

How do you improve all that coughing up phlegm?

Under normal circumstances, in order to our respiratory health, we need with a small amount of sputum secretion, in our respiratory secretion of some mucus, can make the air into the lungs moist and warm, and at the same time to enter the respiratory tract of the air in some of the fine dust, bacteria, or other particles and so on messy things stick, and then through the lungs to promote the upper respiratory tract, and finally through the cough reflexes from the trachea to cough up the discharge of the body. Coughing. Under normal circumstances, healthy people will also have a small amount of phlegm, but only when the respiratory tract has more substances need to be eliminated will there be a lot of phlegm elimination.

Therefore, to improve the problem of phlegm, we need to do is to ensure the health of the respiratory tract, on the one hand, is to reduce the stimulation and impact on the respiratory tract, such as ensuring that the surrounding environment of the air is clean and clean, quit smoking and refuse to accept second-hand smoke; on the other hand, the respiratory tract health problems should be actively dealt with when the treatment.

1. Smokers, quitting smoking is the most important operation to improve phlegm. Some smokers just start to quit smoking time will appear coughing, coughing up more phlegm, which is related to the recovery of the respiratory tract after quitting smoking, after a period of time will slowly improve, do not worry too much.
2. People with sinusitis should be proactive in preventing rhinitis, and people with allergic rhinitis should be careful to avoid contact with allergens and wear masks when going out. People with rhinitis should also pay attention to strengthening the immune system to avoid colds, and actively control the problem of rhinitis, which can be controlled by rhinitis spray, nasal wash, and humidifier. Rhinitis can be controlled through rhinitis sprays, nasal cleansing, and humidifiers. It can also be improved through traditional Chinese medicine.
3. Other diseases of the respiratory tract, according to the manifestations of the disease, the appropriate examination to clarify the cause of the disease. If necessary, sputum culture observation, respiratory tract examination, chest X-ray examination, CT examination, tracheoscopy ...... To clarify the cause of the disease, and actively carry out treatment.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) dietary regimen:

1. People with a heavy cough, white sputum, accompanied by runny nose, fever and headache can consult their doctors and choose Tongxuanli Lung Pills or Syrup of Acute Support;
2. Cough thick air, phlegm yellow and thick, phlegm is difficult to cough out of the person, you can be under the guidance of the doctor with acute syrup, cough loquat syrup, fresh bamboo leech liquid, etc., can also be used in the Chuanbei 10g, boiled pear to eat.
3. For recurrent coughs with phlegm that is white and thick, but easy to cough up, use Snake Gallbladder and Chen Pi Powder or Snake Gallbladder and Chuanbei Liquid under the guidance of a doctor.

Chinese medicine on coughing phlegm or the main need to recognize the evidence, is a worthy way to try to adjust, a lot of people who often cough phlegm benefit from Chinese medicine to adjust. In addition to coughing phlegm, if the throat has phlegm, then certainly to "a spit for fast", but do not spit anywhere yo! Of course, do not spit directly into the trash can, the best way is to spit in the paper towel, wrapped and then thrown into the trash.

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Often found that some people from time to time issued "吭吭 "的清嗓子声音，感觉有咳嗽不完痰，这些人总感嗓子有痰及异物感症状，就是嗓子没有利落的时候，为什么会这样啊？

Our respiratory tract is covered with mucosal tissue, which contains a large number of glands and mast cells. These glands secrete mucus all the time to keep the respiratory tract moist and to warm and humidify the air. Take the nasal cavity for example, it secretes 700-1000ml of fluid a day, and most of this fluid is discharged to the nasopharynx with the ciliary system and swallowed!

When we are subjected to various undesirable stimuli, the respiratory secretions increase and the salivary glands increase their secretion. These secretion fluids have mucin, lysozyme, etc. to stain and kill these harmful substances. It is estimated that we all have had such experience, when sniffing irritating gases, saliva and respiratory secretions will appear, and phlegm will appear.

Some people do have a lot of phlegm, which may be related to the following factors, such as inflammatory stimulation, nasal reflux, gastroesophageal reflux, etc. Mucosal gland secretion is also affected by psycho-spiritual factors, the more we pay attention to phlegm, the more we spit out, and the more respiratory secretion, the more phlegm symptoms appear. The pharyngeal nerve is very rich, the pharynx is more sensitive, some people's pharynx is very sensitive, a little bit of stimulation will appear phlegm and foreign body sensation symptoms!

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Some time ago, eat meat eat more, coupled with the humid weather, phlegm in the throat can not cough, very difficult to recall those days, really quite suffering, sleep want to cough, but no effect at all, as if there is a nucleus stuck in the mouth of the throat, spit out swallowed, very sad.

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There's phlegm in your throat. It's most likely a throat infection.

I am someone who has chronic pharyngitis and also chronic rhinitis, it seems like most most of us in the Northeast have this problem, talking in a loud voice tends to put the throat in harm's way, and when it gets inflamed accidentally, you get phlegm.

If the throat is inflamed, similar to my pharyngitis, phlegm and sticky, especially difficult to cough, as if there is endless phlegm, always want to eat something to pressure.

If the pharyngitis committed, when brushing teeth is likely to be nausea, I am, a pharyngitis brushing teeth on the nausea, this time to drink more warm water, more exercise exercise, eat some light, two days on the good.

Too much meat can cause phlegm.

Recall recall recently phlegm, is it eat barbecue and eat too much meat, I am, in the summer if you eat too much meat, especially barbecue, not long after the phlegm, and sticky cough can not come out, very sad.

So, if this is what I'm talking about, you can choose to increase your exercise as well as eat more light foods, every time this happens to me it's just that, I go and play basketball right away, and after one game, my symptoms are much relieved.

Many days there is phlegm that cannot be coughed up, and it must be treated urgently

I am, when I was a child this situation, do not care at all, cough was, anyway, on the body does not have much impact, the results are now often committed pharyngitis, anxious fire, cold, eat more meat, are prone to pharyngitis situation, especially difficult.

So if this has been the case for several days, then you must take the time to treat it, and never put off a small problem, like me, I have pharyngitis from time to time, it is very difficult.

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