"Stewed pear with Chuanbei rock sugar" is simple and safe, with good effect of moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, and it is neither too hot nor too cold, with little side effects, so it can be eaten frequently. Generally, five days is a course of treatment. The method is as follows:
Stewed pears with rock sugar in northern Sichuan, choose pears with thick yellow skin. Don't peel after washing, hollow out the middle stalk, put about 10 to 30 grams of rock sugar in a bowl, and boil it in water for 30 to 60 minutes, and the pears will naturally come out. Dig out the pulp with a metal spoon and eat it with soup. For those with excessive phlegm, 2 ~ 6g of Fritillaria Fritillariae Cirrhosae Powder can be added. First, use 100 to 200 c.c boiling water for about 5 to 10 minutes, then cook with the above-mentioned rock sugar pears and eat with soup.
(The above dosage is 50 kg for adults and 25/50= 1/2 portions for children according to their weight), (children can be fed with pear cream and babies can be fed with soup).
Note: in order to save time, according to personal needs, you can stew 2-3 portions at a time, then put them in water and eat them warm (microwave heating is not recommended).
Before talking about other foods, let's emphasize that "it is not appropriate to eat cold ice raw for coughing and wheezing". In addition to the environment, diet and traditional Chinese medicine, such as white radish, pear, lily and water chestnut, all have expectorant effects, but their nature is cold. It doesn't matter what we do, don't eat it raw, boiled or steamed.
If the food has expectorant effect, but it is warm, it is still not suitable to take it as far as the general method is concerned; Only when the patient's sputum dissolves for a long time and turns into water-like foam can this food be used to slightly reduce some sputum, but if almonds or ginkgo are slightly toxic, it should not be taken for a long time.
Table 1. -expectorant food: properties, functions. Moistening lung, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, reducing fire, 2. White radish: cold in nature, promoting qi circulation, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, clearing away heat and toxic materials, 3. Lily: slightly cold, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, 4. Water chestnut: cold and slippery in nature, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, invigorating qi and appetizing, promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation,
5. Auricularia auricula: flat, expectorant, antitussive,-6. Almond:.
7. Ginkgo biloba: warm in nature, warming the lungs, benefiting qi, relieving cough and resolving phlegm,
Ginkgo biloba is toxic, so be careful, it is not suitable for children. Orange peel (dried tangerine peel): warm in nature, regulating qi, eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, invigorating stomach,
9. jellyfish skin (desalted): warm, soft and firm, expectorant, 10. Maltose: warm in nature, moistening lung, relieving cough,
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Huatan recipe: (taken after hot food) 1. Stewed pear with rock sugar in northern Sichuan: the same as before, 2. White radish soup: 3. White radish porridge:
4. Radish and pear tea: appropriate amount of white radish, ginger and pear, sliced evenly, fried instead of tea, 5. Radish stewed with maltose: 2 white radishes, 60 grams of maltose, stewed and eaten, 6. Water chestnut soup: fresh water chestnut 60 grams, sea chestnut skin (go.
Note: it is strange that there is no expectorant food in the above 6. ~ 10.？ A: Because they are warm, long-term use will cause sputum contraction, which does not conform to the principle of dredging collaterals, and some are slightly toxic, so they should not be taken for a long time, for fear that patients will not judge their own condition accurately. Such prescriptions are not included.