百日欬病势纏綿,对儿童的健康威胁很大。本草綱目拾遺鸕鶿涎下云:“治腎欬,俗名頓嗆,从小腹下逆上而欬,連欬数十声,少住又作,甚或欬发必嘔,牵掣两胁,涕泣皆出,連月不愈者,用鸕鶿涎滾水冲服,下咽即止”,此即百口咳的典型症状。此外又有鸕鶿瘟、时行頓嗆等名称。高士宗云(見陈修园金匱 Pertussis is lingering and threatens the health of children. Compendium of the Materia Medica: “Kidney cough, common name is Dayton, from the lower abdomen to the upper end and cough, even cough dozens of voices, less live again, or even cough hair will vomit, tie the two threats, weeping All are out of the month, those who do not heal, who use boiling water to blunt, swallowing stop,” This is the typical symptom of one hundred cough. In addition, there are names such as 鸬鹚瘟 and 时. Gao Shizongyun (see Chen Xiuyuan Jin Hao)