Abstract: Shu area has the features of basin topography and hot and humid climate,and the people there love spicy food,which results in more cases of children with damp and heat constitution.Because of children′s physiological characteristics of weak lungs and spleen,the dampness and heat can easily invade the children′s body.The dampness and heat is trapped in tri-jiao (upper,middle and lower jiao),all causing cough,so the children in Shu area often have damp-heat cough.The cause of tri-jiao cough is analyzed,and the tri-jiao treatment is differentiated.In general,the tri-jiao treatment is based on the dampness and heat,and is related to ventilating the lungs.It is expected to provide lines of thinking for the characteristic treatment of damp-heat cough in children in Shu area.

Key words:

Damp-heat cough, Characteristics of Shu area, Tri-jiao differentiated treatment, Child