When the seasons alternate, many people are prone to catch a cold due to poor resistance, which causes cough. In addition, lung diseases, pharyngitis, etc. can also cause cough. During cough, patients should pay special attention to diet, and they can choose to eat some fruits with cough relieving effect to help relieve the symptoms of cough. What fruit do you eat for coughing?
First, pears
Pears are nutritious and contain a lot of water. You can eat more pears when you have a fever and a sore throat, which has the effect of reducing fever and moistening your throat. At the same time, pears also have the function of moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Eating pears when coughing can help relieve cough.
Second, jujube
Jujube has the effects of benefiting qi, promoting fluid production, nourishing stomach and spleen. Chinese medicine often uses jujube to treat cough due to lung deficiency, which has a good effect.
Third, sugar cane
Sugarcane juice is very sweet, with high sugar content, and has the effects of clearing away heat and moistening lung, nourishing and moistening dryness, reducing fire and relieving sore throat. It has a good curative effect on cough due to deficiency heat, dry stool, sore throat and insufficient body fluid. Sugarcane can be eaten directly, or it can be drunk after being squeezed into juice. After peeling sugarcane, it can be decocted with rock sugar and autumn pear for better cough relieving effect.
Fourth, pitaya
Pitaya has a good effect on cough and asthma. Anthocyanin contained in the pulp of pitaya also has anti-aging effect and can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Five, grapefruit
Grapefruit has the effect of moistening lung and clearing heat, and it is rich in vitamin C, which is of great benefit to patients with cardiovascular disease and obese patients. It has the effects of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and has a good therapeutic effect on chronic cough, excessive phlegm and asthma. Grapefruit can be squeezed or eaten directly, or soaked in water with grapefruit peel and added with some rock sugar, which is better.
Sixth, persimmons
Persimmon is cold and has the effects of clearing heat, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. Patients with hot cough can eat more persimmons in their lives. According to the observation of modern pharmacological experiments, persimmon has a good antitussive and expectorant effect, and the expectorant effect is better than antitussive.
Seven, kiwi fruit
Kiwifruit has extremely high nutritional value. It contains more than ten kinds of amino acids and minerals such as calcium and iron. It has a good therapeutic effect on many problems such as dry expectoration, sticky phlegm, thirst and excessive drinking.