咳嗽是指肺气上逆作声、咯吐痰涎或干咳无痰的病证。临床分外感咳嗽与内伤咳嗽两类,外感咳嗽,多因六淫外邪侵袭肺部,使肺气不得宣发所致;内伤咳嗽,多因脏腑功能失调,累及肺脏,使肺失肃降而成。外感咳嗽是新病,治疗以疏散外邪,宣通肺气为主,使邪去正安。内伤咳嗽是宿疾,治疗以调理脏腑功能为主,有健脾、养肺、益气、补肾、清肝、化痰顺气等法,扶正以祛邪。一般说,初咳不宜滥用补涩,久咳不宜妄投苦寒。这些治则,也适用于指导饮食疗法配方。在食物选择方面,新鲜蔬 Cough refers to the symptoms of lung sound, spit, sputum or dry cough without sputum. Clinical cough and internal injuries are two types of cough, cough, exogenous cough, mostly due to six evils invade the lungs, so that the lung can not be caused by the announcement; internal cough, due to dysfunction of the organs, involving the lungs, so that the lung loss to make. Exogenous cough is a new disease. The treatment is to evacuation of exogenous evils, to declare lung-based, so that evil go to peace. Internal injuries and coughs are chronic diseases, and the main functions of conditioning organs are spleen, nourishing the lungs, supplementing qi, nourishing the kidney, clearing the liver, and removing blood stasis. In general, the first cough should not be misused to make up astringent, long-term cough should not be cast into bitter cold. These principles also apply to dietary therapy formulas. In food selection, fresh vegetables