Summary of Professor Shen’s Experience in Treating Cough

Abstract

Professor Shen pays attention to the simultaneous treatment of lung and stomach in the clinical treatment of cough. Professor Shen emphasized that the treatment of cough should be based on comprehensive judgments such as cough, phlegm, individual quality, general condition and pay attention to protecting the spleen and stomach while relieving cough. In the treatment, he is good at formulating prescriptions, using mulberry leaves and almonds, Uncaria and mint, Platycodonis Radix and Fritillaria thunbergii, Scutellariae Radix and Atractylodes macrocephala. Professor Shen pays attention to the impact of climate change on coughing. In the treatment of coughs occur in spring, he emphasizes on calming the liver and eliminating wind, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid while relieving the lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma. In the treatment of cough in autumn and winter, he focused on clearing, cooling and moisturizing, promoting body fluid and moisturizing. Nourish the viscera. Professor Shen inherited the style of ancient Lingnan medicine, and used the special herbal medicine of Lingnan area. He selected the prescriptions according to the locality. When treating coughs, he often used the combination of Seed of Indian Trumetflower, Roughhaired Holly Root, FoliumNerviliae, Herba Strigae, etc.