Is steamed oranges for cough?

Oranges are warm and have the function of warming lung and resolving phlegm. Steaming oranges is a better dietotherapy method to treat cough due to wind-cold.

Cold-induced cough is characterized by dry cough, scanty sputum or thin sputum, and there is no obvious pain and congestion in the throat. At this time, steaming oranges can be used as an auxiliary treatment, and the effect is better. However, if it is a hot cough, it is characterized by cough, expectoration, congestion and swelling in the throat, and the effect of steaming oranges is not good, which may even aggravate the condition.

Therefore, steaming oranges to treat cough is mainly aimed at cold cough.

The method of steaming oranges is to clean the oranges first, cut off the top, put a little salt on the orange meat, spread the salt evenly, poke the pulp with chopsticks several times to facilitate the infiltration of salt, put it in a steamer, boil the water and steam for about ten minutes, then take out the oranges and peel them, and eat the pulp together with the steamed water in the bowl.

eat it while it's hot, once or twice a day, usually after three or four days.

In fact, not only can steaming oranges cure cough, but also steaming fresh oranges in the same way can achieve the corresponding effect, and the effect of oranges is even better than that of oranges. After steaming, eat it while it's hot. Although it doesn't taste very good, it can cure diseases, and dietotherapy is better than taking medicine.

Precautions for steaming oranges

1. Clean. Now many oranges may have pesticide residues or small eggs, so be sure to clean them before steaming them.

2. people with excessive internal heat, fever and cough due to heat should not eat it. Oranges have the function of warming the body. Eating steamed oranges by these groups of people may aggravate the situation of getting angry and affect the recovery of the body.

3. Steamed oranges have only an auxiliary function in treating cough. If the cough is very serious, you should not rely entirely on eating steamed oranges to stop it. It is best to go to a hospital and treat it under the guidance of a doctor to avoid the serious situation and affect the recovery of the disease.