外感咳嗽(cough due to external contraction),中醫病名,屬咳嗽病類,因六淫之邪犯肺,或溫邪上受,肺衛失宣,肺氣上逆所致。臨床以起病較急,咳聲急迫,或咳而不爽,或乾咳、少痰,痰白或黃,可伴見發熱、頭痛,鼻塞、流涕,咽紅、口乾,喉癢或痛等為特徵的急性外感肺系病。[1]