It's early autumn and winter, and more and more people cough. The following is a comprehensive description of all kinds of food for relieving cough and asthma for your reference.

Radish-Radish, also known as radish, belongs to the root of an annual or biennial herb in Cruciferae, and is known as "radish and ginseng in October" among the people. Radish not only has many varieties, but also has different shapes and colors, such as white, green, yellow-green, bright red and purple. Radish contains mustard oil, which is the source of spicy seasoning. It interacts with enzymes in radish to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, stimulate appetite and help digestion. Traditional Chinese medicine began to use it as medicine in Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Southern Dynasties. Radish is cool, pungent, sweet and non-toxic. It has the functions of resolving phlegm, relieving asthma, relieving cough, resolving food stagnation, clearing heat and stopping bleeding. Can be used for treating cough with excessive phlegm, dyspepsia with fullness, chest distress and asthma, thirst quenching, hematemesis, nosebleed, dysentery, headache, etc. Li Shizhen once said, "Raw food makes you angry, while cooked food makes you angry." Radish seeds are flat, pungent and sweet, and have the effects of promoting digestion, relieving bloating, lowering qi and resolving phlegm. Radish seeds can be used for patients with asthma and cough due to phlegm and saliva in the lungs. Cooking radish porridge and adding some radish seeds can play a dietotherapy role. Radish seeds may lose vital qi when attacking pathogenic factors, and those with qi deficiency cannot take it for a long time. Radish has a strong function of regulating qi, so it is not suitable for people who are taking ginseng and other qi-invigorating drugs.

Pumpkin-Pumpkin is one of the vegetables in summer and autumn. The old pumpkin is a kind of high-quality coarse cereals, so it is also called rice melon in many places. Pumpkin is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, relieving asthma, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, detoxicating and killing insects. Can be used for treating bronchitis, asthenia due to qi deficiency, intercostal neuralgia, malaria, dysentery, opium poisoning, ascaris lumbricoides, diabetes, etc. Don't eat too much pumpkin seeds or pumpkins at one time, especially for patients with stomach heat. Otherwise, it is easy to have a full stomach and abdominal distension and feel uncomfortable.

luffa-luffa belongs to cucurbitaceae. Luffa is a common vegetable in summer and autumn, which is edible and has medicinal value, and is rich in nutrients. The juice of towel gourd contains saponin, xylan and so on. The roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds of Luffa can be used as medicine. Melon is flat, sweet and non-toxic, and has the effects of clearing away heat and phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying. Melon collaterals are flat and sweet, and they are good at dredging collaterals. Guateng has antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effects. Melon root is sweet and flat, which can diminish inflammation and detoxify, remove putrefaction and promote granulation. Melon seeds are cool, bitter and slightly sweet, and have the functions of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, moistening dryness, detoxicating and expelling ascaris, so eating loofah regularly is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cough and asthma.

wax gourd, a cucurbitaceae plant, is a common vegetable for all ages. Wax gourd is slightly cold, sweet and light, which is beneficial to water swelling, phlegm-resolving, heat-clearing and detoxification. It can be used for asthma and cough due to phlegm heat, phlegm roar, thirst quenching, edema, obesity and other symptoms, and regular eating is effective in preventing and treating cough and asthma. Wax gourd kernel can clear lung-heat, eliminate phlegm, detoxify and expel pus. Wax gourd is slightly cold, and people who are old and weak, weak in constitution, chronically ill due to yin deficiency, weak in spleen and stomach, and loose stool should not eat more.

Eleocharis tuberosa

Eleocharis tuberosa is cool and sweet, and has the effects of clearing away heat, quenching thirst, invigorating spleen, resolving phlegm, expelling wind and detoxicating. It can be used for asthma and cough with spleen and lung yin deficiency. Chronic bronchitis and asthma, which belong to phlegm-heat or lung yin deficiency, can be eaten regularly, 3 grams to 6 grams each time. Eleocharis tuberosa has the function of moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, which is especially suitable for patients with bronchitis and constipation due to intestinal dryness.

lotus root-lotus root is a home-cooked dish with both food and medicine. Lotus root is sweet, non-toxic, and cold when it is born. It has the functions of removing blood stasis, clearing heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, stopping bleeding, strengthening stomach, benefiting qi and sobering up. Can be used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis and postpartum hemorrhage caused by fever; It is warm when cooked, and has the functions of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing blood and promoting granulation. It can be used for chronic cough, dysentery, diarrhea, and ulcer. Modern medical research shows that catechol in lotus root has the functions of relieving cough, relieving asthma and contracting blood vessels. Fresh lotus root should not be eaten raw, otherwise it will easily lead to ginger leaf disease, intestinal injury and ulcer, abdominal pain, diarrhea and indigestion, and children will also have symptoms such as facial edema, developmental retardation and mental retardation, and in severe cases, they may die of collapse.

Tofu, which is cool and sweet, has the effects of invigorating qi, regulating middle energizer, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Can be used for treating red eye, thirst, sores and furuncles, carbuncle and swelling, chronic bronchitis, etc. Modern medical research shows that bean products, such as tofu, contain only sterols and no cholesterol. Sterol can inhibit human body from absorbing cholesterol contained in animal food, which is helpful to prevent some cardiovascular diseases. Eating tofu often is beneficial to the respiratory system and can treat cough and phlegm.

tremella fuciformis-tremella fuciformis is a large fungus belonging to lower plants. Tremella fuciformis is sweet, light and flat in taste, and has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney, promoting fluid production and relieving cough, strengthening heart and brain, refreshing and enriching blood. Can be used for treating chronic bronchitis, cough due to lung heat, dry cough due to lung dryness, irregular menstruation, gastritis, constipation, and pulmonary heart disease. Tremella is rich in colloid, vitamins, inorganic salts and amino acids. It is found that tremella contains acidic heteropolysaccharide, which can enhance humoral immune function and strengthen the body resistance. Tremella should be washed with clear water before eating, and it should be made full, shredded and boiled, so as to avoid the large pieces of tremella that have not been boiled and soaked in gastrointestinal fluid and slowly expand to a high degree, blocking the intestinal cavity and causing intestinal obstruction. Mildew tremella is inedible. Patients with cough due to wind-cold and phlegm due to damp-heat should not eat.

Auricularia auricula-Auricularia auricula is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating qi, improving intelligence, nourishing and strengthening, enriching blood and activating blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, nourishing stomach and moistening intestines. It can be used as an auxiliary food therapy for patients with hypertension, metrorrhagia, hemorrhoid bleeding, bloody dysentery, anemia, toothache, insomnia, chronic gastritis, chronic bronchitis, polyuria, leukopenia, constipation, tonsillitis, etc. When eating black fungus, you should choose one that is large and moderate, light in weight, black in color, free from stiff curly ears, clear in fragrance and free from impurities. People with loose stools should not eat black fungus.

kumquat-kumquat is warm, pungent and sweet, and has the effects of regulating qi, invigorating middle warmer, dispelling cold, relieving depression, promoting digestion and resolving phlegm, and sobering up. Suitable for chronic bronchitis with cough and excessive phlegm. Kumquat can be decocted in soup, or made into tea, or it can be pickled with sugar and eaten as kumquat cake.

Citrus-Citrus and tangerine are oblate citrus fruits. Their skins are red or orange-yellow, thin, easy to peel off and sweet and sour. Citrus is rich in nutrition, containing glucose, citric acid and vitamins, especially vitamin C. Orange leather has the functions of regulating qi, eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach. Can be used for asthma and other symptoms of phlegm-dampness cough, can be cooked and eaten, but also can make tea for drinking.

Lily-Lily has been cultivated in China for more than 1 years. It is rich in texture, white in color, fragrant and sweet, sweet and refreshing, and it is a nourishing top grade with rich nutrition. Lily is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving cough and asthma, invigorating middle energizer, clearing heart fire and calming nerves. Can be used for treating lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, spontaneous pneumothorax, etc. Lily can replenish lung qi and stop coughing, which is suitable for people with chronic bronchitis who have been coughing for a long time and have a persistent cough. Anyone with weak spleen and stomach and thin stool should not eat more.

Pear, the fruit of deciduous trees in Rosaceae, is a popular and traditional fruit. Pear is cool, sweet and slightly sour, and has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and clearing heart, benefiting large intestine, relieving cough and phlegm, clearing throat and reducing fire, relieving vexation and thirst, moistening dryness and dispelling wind, sobering up and detoxifying. It can be used for asthma and chronic bronchitis with impaired vaginal fluid such as thirst and dry cough. People with stomach cold, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and cough due to lung cold should not eat.

Apricot-Apricot, with dark yellow flesh, sweet and juicy taste and rich nutrition, is a good fruit. Apricot is warm, sour and sweet, and has the functions of moistening lung, relieving asthma, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Can be used for cough, polydipsia, and poor appetite. The kernel of apricot is called almond, and most of them are sweet almonds, which are warm, sweet and non-toxic, and have the effects of moistening lung and relieving asthma. It can be used for treating asthenia, cough and asthma, intestinal dryness and constipation. Bitter almond is warm, bitter and toxic, and is only used for medicine. It has the effects of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, relieving asthma and moistening lung. It can be used for exogenous cough, dyspnea and chest fullness, laryngitis, intestinal dryness and constipation. Pharmacological research shows that almond has the functions of relaxing bronchial smooth muscle, relieving bronchial smooth muscle spasm, relieving cough and asthma. Apricots are warm and should not be eaten more. Eating almonds is easy to be poisoned, ranging from dizziness and vomiting to coma, convulsions, respiratory disorders and dilated pupils.

Persimmon-Persimmon is a special product in China, with a history of more than 3, years. Persimmon, also called Miguo and Monkey Jujube, belongs to Persimmon family. There are two kinds of persimmons: sweet persimmon and astringent persimmon. Sweet persimmons can be eaten when they are ripe, and astringent persimmons must be artificially processed to remove astringency before they can be eaten. Persimmon is sweet, juicy, fine and palatable. There are many expositions on the role of persimmon by Chinese medical scientists in the past dynasties. For example, the Book of Famous Doctors written by Tao Hongjing of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties states that "persimmon has the functions of clearing away heat, moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough". According to modern medical literature, persimmon can tonify deficiency and strengthen spleen and stomach, clear away heat and moisten lung, relieve cough and asthma, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Myrica rubra, a tree belonging to Myrtaceae, has a long history of cultivation in China. Its trees are always green and its leaves are orderly. Myrica rubra juice is fresh, delicious and nutritious. In recent years, food experts have made it into various jam, juice, preserved fruit, fruit wine and canned bayberry, which are deeply loved by people. Myrica rubra has good functions of relieving annoyance, quenching thirst, resolving phlegm, refreshing, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. It can be used for allergic asthma such as thirst, cough and excessive phlegm.

Loquat is a Rosaceae plant, which is called Huang Jinguo by the people. Loquat pulp juice is fragrant and sweet, and it is a kind of fruit with both medicine and food. Li Shizhen recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that loquat has the functions of "quenching thirst, lowering qi, benefiting lung qi, stopping vomiting and moistening five internal organs". Loquat not only has good therapeutic value, but also its flowers, leaves and skins can be used as medicine. Eriobotrya japonica leaves are flat in nature and bitter in taste, and have the functions of clearing away lung-heat, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma. Modern medical research shows that loquat contains amygdalin, so its effect is similar to that of bitter almond. After oral administration, it decomposes a small amount of hydrocyanic acid, which has a certain cough relieving effect, and the oily substance has a slight expectorant effect. The decoction of loquat leaves has antibacterial, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects in animal experiments.

ginkgo biloba is a mature seed of ginkgo biloba, a deciduous tree of ginkgoaceae, commonly known as ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba is flat, sweet, bitter and astringent, with little toxicity, and has the effects of tonifying lung, relieving asthma, arresting leukorrhagia, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Can be used for asthma and cough. "Compendium of Materia Medica" calls it "cooked food warms the lungs and benefits qi, stops asthma and cough, reduces stool and stops white turbidity. Raw food can reduce phlegm, disinfect and kill insects. " Ginkgo can be matched with pigs, cattle, mutton and eggs, and various dishes with good color and taste can be made by frying, steaming and stewing. Ginkgo contains trace amounts of toxic components such as ginkgo acid and hydrocyanic acid, so the consumption should not be too large.

Plum-Plum is the fruit of Prunus mume, also known as Mei Shi. In early summer, the ripe green fruits are washed and reused, which is called green plums. Salted and dried, it is called Bai Mei. The person who dries, wrinkles and braises black with a small fire is called ebony. Mume is sour, warm and nontoxic, and has the functions of astringing lung, relieving cough, astringing intestine, relieving diarrhea, calming stomach, stopping bleeding, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It can be used for chronic cough due to lung deficiency, diarrhea and dysentery, hematochezia, hematuria, metrorrhagia, asthenic heat, polydipsia, syncope, abdominal pain and vomiting. Plum tastes sour, and contains a small amount of hydrocyanic acid when it is mature, so it is not suitable for overeating. Anyone who has exterior pathogenic factors and internal excess heat accumulation is not suitable for eating.

Lotus seed-Lotus seed is the mature seed of Nelumbo nucifera in Nymphaeaceae. Lotus seed is a kind of high-grade food with rich nutrition, which has always been a delicacy for emperors and dignitaries. Chinese medicine has been used to treat diseases for more than 1 years. Lotus seeds are flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and have the functions of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidney, strengthening the body resistance and relieving asthma, nourishing the heart and fixing the essence. They are not warm and dry, and they are sweet in taste, so they are good dietotherapy products for asthma patients with physical weakness.

pine nuts-pine nuts are the seeds of pine trees of Pinaceae, also known as pine nuts, sea pine nuts and Silla pine nuts. Pine nuts are slightly warm and sweet, and have the effects of nourishing and strengthening, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, relaxing bowels and calming the wind. Can be used for treating physical weakness, constipation, lung dryness and cough after illness. Modern medical research shows that the fibrauretine contained in pine nuts has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, acid-fast mycobacteria, Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli. Loose stool due to spleen deficiency, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency and severe wet phlegm should not eat more pine nuts.

Walnut kernel, also known as walnut, is one of the four largest dried fruits in the world. Walnut kernel is warm and sweet, which has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, warming lung and moistening intestine, tonifying kidney and fixing essence, and can tonify lung qi to treat chronic cough. Chronic bronchitis and asthma are suitable for people with lung and kidney deficiency. Walnut kernel is a nourishing food suitable for all seasons. Every year from the winter solstice to beginning of spring in the south of the Yangtze River, people have the habit of eating tonic. At this time, the consumption of walnut kernel is very large, and there are many ways to eat it, such as mashing walnut kernel and sugar, steaming them in water, and mixing them with boiling water, soybean milk or yellow wine every day. You can also mash walnut kernels, add yellow wine with donkey-hide gelatin, etc. to fry them into nourishing glue, and steam them in water to take them. People with dry mouth, bitter taste and feverish hands and feet should not eat more walnuts, especially fried walnuts. People with cough, yellow phlegm or loose stool should not eat it.

Peanut kernel-Peanut kernel is a high protein food. Peanut kernel has the functions of regulating stomach, moistening lung, resolving phlegm, invigorating qi, promoting lactation, and smoothing intestine, and can be used for malnutrition, cough, phlegm and asthma, postpartum hypogalactia and other diseases, as well as for adjuvant treatment of chronic nephritis, ascites, hoarseness and other diseases. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded: "A woman coughed a lot of phlegm, but the doctor was helpless. Anniyun persuaded peanuts to eat 2 ~ 3 ounces a day, and gradually felt scarce. After taking more than 2 kilograms of peanuts in less than half a year, cough and phlegm were removed. " Moldy peanuts contain aflatoxin and cannot be eaten.

yam-yam is white in meat color, sweet and full of powder, big and firm, and it is a good food. Chinese yam is regarded as a good medicine for tonifying deficiency by pharmacologists in past dynasties. It is recorded in Records of Chinese Medicine: "The nature of Chinese yam can nourish yin and replenish qi, and it can be smooth and astringent, so it can replenish lung and kidney and spleen and stomach, and it is the supreme product among tonic drugs." In the long-term clinical practice, Chinese medicine has found that yam has the functions of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting lung and kidney, relieving asthma and stopping diarrhea. Modern medical analysis shows that yam is rich in protein, amino acids, sugars, as well as a variety of inorganic salts, vitamins and other important substances necessary for the human body. Yam is not only a good vegetable to eat, but also a good medicine to stop asthma, and it can be used in many ways, such as frying, stewing soup and porridge.

honey-honey is flat in nature and sweet in taste, which can clear away heat, moisten lung and tonify deficiency. Chronic bronchitis belongs to lung deficiency and should be taken regularly, especially for those with intestinal dryness and constipation. Honey can help damp, make people feel full, and it can smooth the intestines, so people with damp-heat phlegm stagnation, chest tightness, loose stool or diarrhea should not take it. Honey should not be boiled and brewed with boiling water, so as not to destroy the nutrients in it.

tea-tea tastes sweet, bitter and astringent, while green tea is cool and black tea is warm. It has the functions of clearing away heat and vexation, inducing diuresis to quench thirst, refreshing the brain, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, reducing fire and resolving phlegm, promoting digestion and detoxifying. Modern pharmacological research shows that theanine in tea has the functions of dilating blood vessels, relaxing bronchial smooth muscle and strengthening the heart and diuresis. But avoid drinking too much tea.

ginger-ginger is warm and pungent, and has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, warming stomach, stopping vomiting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Children suffering from bronchitis can wash and shred 1 grams of ginger, put it in a cup with boiling water, cover it for 5 minutes, then transfer 3 grams of maltose to drink tea frequently, 1 dose a day, and take 3 ~ 5 doses. Rotten ginger will produce a very toxic substance-safrole, which can denature liver cells and induce liver cancer and esophageal cancer, so don't eat deteriorated ginger.

garlic-garlic is not only a condiment and a vegetable food, but also an effective anticancer and antibacterial drug that has been studied and discovered in recent years. Some people call it a natural anticancer substance. Garlic is warm and pungent,