1. in the Greek humorism system there are four humors: yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, and blood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humors These four fluids pervaded the body. Ideally, they should be in balance.
2. Avicenna's system was similar: hot, cold, dry, moist
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unani3. Phlegm and mucus are very different. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhlegmIn addition, the phlegm of the humor system is not the modern medical term phlegm which is what we cough up when we have a cold. This phlegm is not what the mother means by سردیت کرده
and it is not a concentration of modern phlegm (or mucus) in the stomach.