1. Rock sugar

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: rock sugar can "relieve coughs and resolve phlegm and saliva". It should be boiled in water and drank or mixed in and eaten. Therefore, there are many cough-relieving products. It is used on both sides.

Rock sugar, white sugar and brown sugar have different effects. Brown sugar has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is suitable for women during menstruation or postpartum. Rock sugar and white sugar can clear away heat, reduce inflammation, remove internal heat, relieve fever and cough, and resolve thick phlegm. People who cough can consume rock sugar, which has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

2. Snow pear

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that pears are beneficial, and their properties are downward and fluent. It has the effects of treating wind-heat, moistening the lungs, cooling the heart, eliminating phlegm, reducing fire, and detoxifying.

Sydney pear has the functions of moistening the lungs, clearing dryness, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Therefore, it is effective in treating dry throat, itching, pain, hoarse voice, thick phlegm, constipation and red urine in patients with acute bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection.

Sydney pears can be eaten raw, steamed, or made into soups and soups. However, Sydney pears are cold in nature, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time. Especially those with cold spleen and stomach, cold pain in the abdomen and blood deficiency should not eat too much, as eating too much can easily damage the spleen and stomach.

Recipe recommendation:

Ingredients: 700g Sydney pears (try to choose juicy and thin-skinned ones), 50g rock sugar, 2000ml water.

Steps:

① Wash the pears, peel them and cut them into pieces. Add a small amount of water to the pot, just enough to cover the pears, put the pears in and bring to a boil over high heat.

② Add rock sugar, change to medium heat, and then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes after the rock sugar is completely melted. Turn off the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.

Tips:

① Rock sugar snow pear can only be better effective in treating coughs if it is made from real snow pears. There is a crown pear that is very similar to snow pears and everyone is buying it. Pay attention to identification when visiting Sydney.

② If Sichuan scallops are added to the rock sugar snow pear and cooked together, the effect of treating wind-heat cough will be better.

3. Kumquats

Kumquats have anti-inflammatory, phlegm-removing, qi-regulating and cough-relieving effects, and have a significant curative effect on bronchitis.

The characteristic of kumquats is that the peel and pulp are eaten together. After chewing, you will feel moist in the throat and full of fragrance. 80% of the vitamin C in kumquats is concentrated in the peel, up to 200 mg per 100 grams. In addition to being eaten fresh, kumquats can also be made into tea for drinking. A larger use is to process it into sugar kumquat cake, licorice kumquat cake, jam, orange peel wine, kumquat juice, etc. Fragrance oil can also be extracted from the peel, which has high medicinal value.

4. Walnut kernels

Walnut kernels contain a variety of trace elements needed by the human body and are important auxiliary materials for traditional Chinese medicine. . When coughing, chewing some walnut kernels can effectively relieve the cough.

5. Luo Han Guo

Luo Han Guo is a precious medicinal material with a cool nature and sweet taste, and has the function of clearing the lungs and moistening the intestines. It is mainly used to treat whooping cough, phlegm-fire cough, blood-dry constipation and other diseases; it has good curative effect in treating acute tracheitis, acute tonsillitis, throat fire and acute gastritis.

Use a little Luo Han Guo and soak it in boiling water. , it can not only refresh the mind and promote body fluids, but also prevent respiratory tract infections. Taking it all year round can prolong life.

Mangosteen juice can also be used for cooking. It is fragrant and delicious. Mangosteen fruit is known as the "fairy fruit".

6. Olives

Olives have the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat and reducing phlegm, producing body fluids and quenching thirst. They can be used to assist in the treatment of sore throat, polydipsia, etc. caused by various diseases. Cough, phlegm and blood, etc.

7. White radish

White radish has the functions of reducing qi and digestion, removing phlegm and moisturizing the lungs, detoxifying and promoting fluid production, relieving cough, and facilitating defecation.

For coughs and phlegm, it is best to chop it into pieces and cook it with honey and chew it carefully; for pharyngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness, and aphonia, you can pound the juice and take it with ginger juice; for hemoptysis, cook it with mutton and crucian carp. Cooked food; to prevent colds, you can cook it.

Eating raw white radish can promote digestion. In addition to aiding digestion, it also has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, white radish juice also has a cough-relieving effect. Pour half a cup of sugar water into the glass bottle, then place the shredded white radish in the bottle, and leave it overnight to have white radish juice

8. Winter melon

Winter melon has the functions of eliminating phlegm and clearing away heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" also says that it can "treat phlegm and asthma, moisten the lungs, eliminate heat, phlegm, and relieve coughs." Winter melon seeds also have the effect of moistening the lungs and reducing phlegm.

9. Celery

It is also called morning celery and medicinal celery. It has the effect of clearing away heat and calming the liver. It is especially suitable for those whooping cough caused by liver fire invading the lungs. "Food Therapy" once introduced: "Treatment of whooping cough: wash 500 grams of whole celery plant, pound into juice, add a little salt, warm in water, take 1 cup of wine in the morning and evening for several days."

10. Purslane

Also known as purslane, horseradish, pickled vegetables, and comfort vegetables. It has a heat-clearing effect, and it is believed that children with whooping cough should eat it. According to the "Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine", Issue 3, 1959: To treat whooping cough in children, take 50% purslane syrup made from purslane alone. Generally, after taking it for 3 days, the cough will be reduced, the attack time will be shortened, and the symptoms will disappear. Then ease.