In autumn, due to changes in weather, many people may catch a cold and cause a cough. Generally, it is better to heal the cough on its own. By eating some food, you can relieve the cough and reduce phlegm. It is nutritious and healthy. So what can you eat? What about relieving cough and reducing phlegm?

1. Eat grapefruit

Ingredients: 2 parts of grapefruit meat, 1 part of honey, and appropriate amounts of liquor above 50 degrees.

Usage: Remove the core of the grapefruit, tear the grapefruit flesh into pieces, put it into a glass bottle, and add an appropriate amount of white wine to soak it. It is appropriate that the white wine can just cover the grapefruit flesh. After sealing, soak for 12 hours. Pour the white wine and grapefruit into a casserole and bring to a boil. Continue heating until the wine is almost gone. When the wine is almost dry, add honey and mix well. Let cool and then put it back into a glass bottle and refrigerate for later use. Take 1 to 2 spoons of grapefruit meat each time, brew it with warm water and eat it.

Grapefruit has the functions of digesting food, regulating qi, dispelling phlegm and relieving cough. Honey has the functions of strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Liquor can dispel cold, warm and unblock meridians, and can relieve the coolness of honey and grapefruit. This method can treat symptoms such as cough with excessive phlegm and chronic cough and asthma.

2. Eat orange peel

Ingredients: 2 parts fresh orange peel and 1 part rock sugar.

Usage: Wash the fresh orange peel, put it in a basin and soak it in appropriate amount of water for 20 minutes to remove pesticides, take it out and cut it into thin strips. Put the orange peel shreds into the pot, add rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then change to medium heat to cook the rock sugar and evaporate excess water. Cook until the water is almost gone, turn off the heat, let cool and set aside. Eat 2 tablespoons of orange peel each time, 2 to 3 times a day. Orange peel has the effects of strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, regulating qi and relieving cough. Rock sugar can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. This method can treat coughs and phlegm caused by dryness of the lungs and uncomfortable lung qi.

3. Other dietary remedies

Dietary prescription 1: white honey radish juice

Appropriate amount of white radish, wash, peel, chop, and wrap with clean cloth Knead and squeeze the juice, add 20 ml of white honey for every 50 ml of juice, mix well and take it, 3 times a day.

Therapeutic Recipe 2: Sydney White Lotus Root Juice

Wash the Sydney pears, peel and core them, remove the segments from the white lotus roots, chop into equal parts, squeeze out the juice, and drink it instead of tea, as often as you like. limit.

Dietary Recipe 3: Fritillary Fritillaria and Rock Sugar Juice

Grind 15 grams of Fritillaria fritillary and 20 grams of rock sugar. Put them in a bowl, add 150 ml of water, and simmer for 30 minutes. Yes, take it once in the morning and once in the evening.

4. Tips for preventing colds in autumn

1. Air circulation

It is best to open the windows three times in the morning, noon and evening for 15 minutes each time , which not only keeps the indoor air fresh, but also inhibits the growth of bacteria.

2. Close the windows at night

Be sure to close the windows when sleeping at night. The temperature is low at night and the cold wind can easily cause asthma and other diseases.

3. Moderate exercise

After the weather cools down, with the improvement of physical comfort, more and more people are exercising. Climbing, walking, and doing Tai Chi are all cold-resistant exercises that can improve the body's immunity.

4. Regular work and rest

Many people sleep late in the summer and have irregular work and rest. If it continues into autumn, it is easy to cause a decrease in resistance. Therefore, during the seasonal transition period, you must ensure a regular schedule and life rhythm, go to bed early, extend your sleep time appropriately, and drink more water.

5. Balanced nutrition

After the weather turns cooler, people's appetite will increase greatly. In the dry season, it is good to eat more acidic foods that nourish yin, moisturize the lungs, such as white fungus and pears. , lotus root, grapes, apples, etc., eat less spicy food, and "stick to fat autumn" appropriately.

6. Add more clothes in the morning and evening

The elderly, children and some people with weak constitution and weak resistance must bring a coat when going out in the morning and evening. The saying of "spring covers and autumn freezes" also varies from person to person. People with weak constitutions and poor resistance should pay more attention to keeping warm. When choosing autumn clothing, you should also fully consider factors such as comfort, protection and health care.

Special reminder: The temperature difference between day and night increases in autumn. We should pay attention to keeping warm. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and bronchial asthma should keep warm and add or remove clothing at any time.

7. Massage the head

If it is a cold caused by wind and cold, massaging the head can have an effective therapeutic effect. The specific method is to find Baihui, Fengfu, Fengchi, Tianzhu and other acupoints, and press them 50 times, once in the morning and evening. Drinking ginger soup is also suitable for patients with early stage colds and colds.