Question
Can compound licorice tablets treat children’s allergic cough?
Answer
Hello, compound licorice tablets contain licorice extract as a protective cough suppressant; opium powder has a strong cough-suppressing effect; camphor and anise oil can stimulate the bronchial mucosa, reflexively increasing glandular secretion, thinning phlegm, making it easier to cough out; and sodium benzoate is a preservative. Your condition may be a cough caused by wind-cold syndrome, resulting from exposure to wind and cold. The symptoms are characterized by frequent coughing, thin, white phlegm, clear nasal discharge, pale or slightly red tongue with thin coating, heavy cough sound, headache, fever, and even shortness of breath. Treatment can include Sanao Decoction along with herbs that reduce qi and dissolve phlegm.