Internal Organs Disorders Affecting Coughs from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

Abstract

Coughing is a response to various stimuli in human body when exposed to external factors by the respiratory system. Coughing is the most common symptom that is treated in respiratory disease In Internal medicine. Coughing often affects work, daily life or coexistence in society. The category of cough in Traditional Chinese Medicine can be divided into 3 kinds by the time of disease, which are  Acute cough, Subacute cough and Chronic Cough. They can be both a name and a symptom of a disease that occurs in the lung system. That is caused by abnormal diffusion of lungs Qi, which is Qi of lungs reflux and is the cause of coughing sounds, of cough with phlegm or dry cough. This article takes a look at how coughs occur; however, they can develop not just from the lung organs, but also from other internal organs such as heart, liver, spleen and kidneys. Finally, a guide is provided for the diagnosis of cough patients by using Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of clinical coughs.