In autumn, many people may catch a cold and cause cough because of the weather change. Generally, it is better to cure cough as much as possible. By eating some food, you can stop coughing and resolve phlegm, which is nutritious and healthy. So what can you eat to stop coughing and resolve phlegm?

1, eat grapefruit

Materials: 2 portions of grapefruit meat, honey 1 portion, and appropriate amount of white wine above 50 degrees.

Usage Remove the grapefruit core, shred the grapefruit meat, put it in a glass bottle, and soak it with appropriate amount of white wine. It is advisable that white wine can just drown grapefruit meat. After sealing, soak for 12 hours, pour the white wine and grapefruit into a casserole to boil, keep heating until the wine is almost exhausted, add honey and stir well, cool, put it back into a glass bottle, and refrigerate for later use. Take 1~2 spoonfuls of grapefruit meat each time, brew with warm water and eat.

Grapefruit has the functions of promoting digestion, regulating qi, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, while honey has the functions of invigorating spleen and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and relieving cough. Liquor can dispel cold, warm meridians and relieve the coolness of honey and grapefruit. This method can treat cough with excessive phlegm and chronic cough and asthma.

2. Eat orange peel

Materials: 2 portions of fresh orange peel, rock sugar 1 portion.

Usage: Wash the fresh orange peel, put it in a basin and soak it in water for 20 minutes, remove pesticides, take it out and cut it into filaments. Put shredded orange peel into a pot, add crystal sugar and appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil with high fire, change to medium fire to melt the crystal sugar, and evaporate excess water. Cook until the water is almost dry, turn off the heat, let it cool and put it out for use. Eat 2 spoonfuls of orange peel each time, 2~3 times a day. Orange peel has the functions of strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, regulating qi and relieving cough, and rock sugar can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. This method can treat cough and expectoration caused by lung dryness and lung qi discomfort.

3. Other dietotherapy prescriptions

Therapeutic prescription 1: white honey radish juice

Appropriate amount of white radish, washed, peeled, chopped, wrapped in clean cloth and squeezed to extract juice. For each 50 ml, add 20 ml of white honey, and take it after mixing evenly. 1 day for 3 times.

Therapeutic prescription 2: Sydney white lotus root juice

Wash Sydney, peel and pit it, remove the knots from white lotus root, cut it into pieces and wring it to extract juice, and drink it for tea as many times as you like.

Diet 3: Fritillaria Candy Juice

Pulverized Fritillaria cirrhosa15g, 20g of rock sugar, put them in a bowl, add water150ml, and stew for 30min, 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 window for ventilation three times in the morning, noon and evening, each time 15 minutes is appropriate, which not only keeps the indoor air fresh, but also inhibits the growth of bacteria.

2. Close the window at night

When you sleep at night, you must close the window. At night, the temperature is low, and the cold wind can easily cause asthma and other diseases.

3. Moderate exercise

After the cool weather, with the improvement of somatosensory comfort, more people exercise. Mountaineering, walking and Tai Chi are all cold-resistant exercises, which can improve the body's immunity.

4, regular work and rest

Many people sleep late in summer, and their work and rest are irregular. If it continues into autumn, it will easily lead to a decline in resistance. Therefore, in the seasonal alternation period, we should ensure a regular schedule and rhythm of life, go to bed early, extend sleep time appropriately, and drink plenty of water at the same time.

5. Balanced nutrition

When the weather turns cold, people's appetite will increase greatly. In the dry season, it is good to eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten the lungs, such as tremella, pears, lotus roots, grapes, apples, etc., and eat less spicy food, and properly "stick fat in autumn".

6. Add clothes in the morning and evening

Old people, children and some people with weak constitution and poor resistance must take a coat when they go out in the morning and evening. The saying that "spring covers and autumn freezes" also varies from person to person, and those with weak constitution and poor resistance should pay more attention to keeping warm. In the choice of autumn clothes, we should also fully consider many factors such as comfort, protection and health care.

Special reminder: The temperature difference between day and night increases in autumn, so we should pay attention to keeping warm. For patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and bronchial asthma, we should strengthen keeping warm and increase or decrease clothes at any time.

7. Massage your head

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