1, which foods are good for moistening lung and relieving cough?
(1) Sydney moistens the lungs
Principle: white enters the lungs, so white food has a maintenance effect on the lungs. Sydney is rich in water, slightly cold, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm.
Dietotherapy usage: can be eaten directly.
(2) Tremella moistens the lungs
Principle: As a kind of white food, tremella is more moist, more suitable for people with cold body or bad stomach than Sydney, and has the function of benefiting qi and clearing intestines.
Dietotherapy usage: tremella porridge: soak tremella first, remove the roots and chop it up. After the rice porridge is boiled, add it and cook for about 20 minutes. Preferably a semi-melted viscous state. You can also stew it with Sydney into tremella Sydney soup.
(3) honey moistens the lungs
Principle: Glucose and fructose in honey are most easily absorbed by human body, and also contain a variety of inorganic salts, organic acids and trace elements similar to human serum concentration. Sweet and flat in nature, it enters the spleen, lungs and intestines, and has the effects of nourishing, moistening dryness and detoxifying. It is often used to treat lung dryness and cough.
Dietotherapy usage: warm and cold water can clear away heat. When you get up every morning, pour 1 to 2 spoonfuls, rinse with warm and cold water, and drink on an empty stomach, which can not only moisten the lungs, but also detoxify and beautify the face.
(4) Yam moistens the lungs.
Principle: Mucin is a mixture containing polysaccharide and protein, which has special health care function for human body and can nourish spleen and stomach, lung and kidney.
Dietotherapy usage: yam and barley porridge. 50 grams of Coicis Semen for invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness and 50 grams of yam for nourishing lung and essence are boiled and drunk every day. Both men and women have the function of nourishing lung, but they balance the coldness of Coicis Semen and the stickiness of yam.
(5) Lily moistens the lungs
Principle: This kind of alkaloid not only has good nutritional and nourishing effects, but also has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, moistening the lungs, relieving cough, tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi. It is very beneficial to people with physical weakness after illness and is very suitable for eating in dry winter.
Dietotherapy usage: Pay attention to choosing fresh lily instead of dried lily, which has the best effect of clearing lung heat.
(6) Soymilk moistens the lungs
Principle: It is rich in plant protein and phospholipids, and also contains vitamin B 1. B2, nicotinic acid, iron, calcium and other minerals. The methionine contained in it can not only be easily absorbed, but also prevent the smooth muscle spasm of bronchitis, thus alleviating bronchitis and reducing the burden on the lungs. Dietotherapy usage: Be sure to boil at 100℃ before drinking to prevent poisoning. Don't drink on an empty stomach, don't put it in a thermos, don't drink too much at a time, and don't take it with medicine.
(7) white radish moistens the lungs
Principle: There is a folk saying that "winter radish competes with ginseng". Mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber in white radish have the functions of promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it tastes sweet and cool, enters the lung and stomach meridian, can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and treat lung flaccidity and hematemesis.
Dietotherapy method: stewed radish soup with milk soup: after adding water to onion and ginger, put the slightly fried radish pieces and milk into the same stew, and put salt after rotting, which is nourishing and clearing the lungs. You can also cook a small row of radish soup.
(8) Grapefruit moistens the lungs
Principle: Sweet and cold in nature, rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, it can strengthen the stomach, moisten the lungs, enrich the blood, clear the intestines and relieve constipation.
Dietotherapy usage: directly eaten or made into citron tea. Grapefruit is cold, you can't eat too much directly, just 2 ~ 3 pieces. Citron tea is made by slowly stewing grapefruit peel mixed with grapefruit meat, which can strengthen the spleen, promote digestion, dispel cold and damp. After cooling, add rock sugar, put it in the refrigerator and take it with warm water and cold water twice a day.
(9) lotus root moistens lung
Principle: Lotus root enters lung, heart and spleen meridians. Cooked lotus root is sweet, warm and non-toxic. Eating cooked lotus root can nourish the heart and produce blood, strengthen the stomach and spleen, nourish and strengthen the body. Lotus root soup is beneficial to urinating, clearing heat and moistening lung.
Dietotherapy: Chestnut lotus root soup: Boil peeled small lotus root pieces and washed raw chestnuts in water, then cook for 40 minutes on medium heat, cool slightly and season. Usually, you can also use lean pork or pork bones and lotus root with appropriate amount of mung beans to make soup.
(10) Grapes moisten the lungs.
Principle: Among them, fruit acid is helpful to digestion, spleen and stomach, and more beneficial elements nourishes liver and kidney, moistens lung essence, reduces fire and clears stomach.
Dietotherapy usage: Raw food is the best. Because grape seed and grape skin have better antioxidant effect, it is strongly recommended to "eat whole foods" and chew seeds and swallow them without spitting out the skin.
2. What do children eat when they cough in autumn?
Persimmon: cold in nature, it can clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. But the baby can only eat one at a time, and eating too much will make him uncomfortable.
Watermelon: Cold can cure all fever. If the baby coughs due to wind and heat in summer, give him more watermelon.
Loquat: cool in nature, it can moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. Suitable for babies with fever, cough, yellow pus and phlegm.
Water chestnut: cold in nature, water chestnut can resolve phlegm and clear heat. Peel 2-3 horseshoes, cut them into thin slices, put them in a pot, add a bowl of water and burn them on the fire for 5 minutes. This prescription has a good effect on patients with fever, cough and expectoration.