Progress in the Treatment of Chronic Cough in Children with Traditional Chinese Medicine Through Anti-inflammatory Action

Chronic cough is a common disease in pediatric respiratory outpatient clinics with diverse etiology and age differences. Modern medicine believes that neurogenic airway inflammation is an important cause of chronic cough. Anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic drug are used for chronic cough. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment of chronic cough in children according to the overall concept and dialectical treatment, mainly from wind, phlegm and deficiency treatment, has a definite effect. Through consulting the literature, this paper summarizes the TCM for the treatment of chronic cough in children, and summarizes its anti-inflammatory mechanism. Clinical studies have found that treating children with chronic cough according to the theory of Fuyang of TCM can obtain good curative effect, so here this is accompanied by a brief description.