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Dry cough

干咳 〔乾咳〕 gān ké

Cough without phlegm, i.e., a cough that does not lead to the expectoration of much phlegm. It is due to externally contracted dryness evil (external dryness) or insufficiency of yīn humor (internal dryness).

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