Cough, a commonly-encountered disorder of pulmonary system during infancy, can be divided into exogenous cough and endogenous cough. Clinically exogenous cough is seen more frequently than endogenous cough. The disorder with cough as the main symptom following the occurrence of common cold pertains to trachitis and bronchitis in modern medicine. Cough may occur at any time in a year but more in winter and spring. Cough tends to be caused during the period of seasonal variation and sudden change of weather. The prognosis of this disorder is usually favourable. However, improper treatment and nursing may make it chronic or serious, and eventually leading to pneumonia.

Western medicine and Chinese medicine are different. People agree to say: Western medicine is standardized and evidence-based, while Chinese medicine is experience-based. Western medicine uses a reductive and analytical approach, while Chinese medicine uses an inductive and synthetic approach. Western medicine is a pure science, while Chinese medicine is more of a healing art. In any case, both have their own advantages. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with TCM, yet it is not important at all. If you have been suffering from a disease for a long time, and you have tried many ways of western medicine but failed to cure the disease, so it is suggested that you change your mind to try TCM. We try what we can to help you with the disease by Chinese medicine. So, here we present you some useful, practical but fresh information from TCM point of view. By doing so, we hope you could understand better how TCM diagnoses and treats a disease, how effectively TCM treats a disease.