Dry cough is a common symptom with complex causes, and the condition is sometimes very stubborn, always coughing, and it is difficult to get better. Some dietary therapy methods can help treat and relieve dry cough, and the disease can be treated with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. The speed is faster, so what can be effective for dry cough? What foods can cure dry cough quickly? Let me introduce it to you below.
1. What is good to eat for dry cough?
(1) Boiled eggs with white sugar
Ingredients: 1 egg, appropriate amount of peanut oil and white sugar.
Method: Boil half a teapot of water, add 1-2 tablespoons of cooking oil (peanut oil is best), add an appropriate amount of sugar, then break an egg and add it to the teapot until it boils.
Usage: Drink it while it is hot every morning and evening (after getting up and before going to bed) for three to two days.
(2) Yali and Mung Bean Soup
Ingredients: 100 grams of mung beans, two Yali.
Method: Take 100 grams of mung beans, two pear soup and drink it, and eat pear soup once each for breakfast.
(3) Steamed ginkgo with rock sugar
Ingredients: 3 yen for ginkgo and 2 yen for rock sugar.
Method: Steam ginkgo and rock sugar in a little water, take it before going to bed at night, once a day, and it can cure dry cough for a month. Tips: When steaming, first crush the ginkgo into pulp, soak in water, and then add rock sugar.
(4) Boiled peanuts in milk
Ingredients: peanuts and appropriate amount of milk.
Method: Mash a handful of raw peanuts, boil them in milk, and then take them while they are hot, 2 to 3 times a day, which can effectively treat coughs.
(5) Peanut, red dates and honey soup
Ingredients: 30 grams each of peanuts, dates and honey.
Method: Put peanuts, jujubes and honey into a pot, fry them in water, eat peanuts, jujubes and drink the soup, twice a day, several times.
(6) Fried duck eggs with vinegar
Ingredients: 1 fresh duck egg, 25 grams of mature vinegar.
Method: Break one fresh duck egg into an aluminum pot, stir evenly, then stir-fry with a spoon (to prevent burning), half-cook, then add 25 grams of old (rice) vinegar, and continue to stir-fry until cooked . Eat it while it's hot, once in the morning and once in the evening. If you take it for 10 consecutive days, your cough can be cured.
(7) Stewed pig lungs with Houttuynia cordata
Ingredients: 30 grams of Houttuynia cordata, 250 grams of pig lungs.
Method:
1. Wash the Houttuynia Cordata and pig lungs respectively and cut the pig lungs into pieces, fry them thoroughly in an iron pot, then rinse with water and drain.
2. Put the above ingredients plus 1/4 Luo Han Guo into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, fry into 2 to 3 bowls, season with salt, divide into 2 to 3 bowls. Drink 3 times.
Efficacy: This soup has the effects of clearing heat, reducing phlegm and relieving cough. It has a significant therapeutic effect on wind-heat cough.
2. What are the causes of dry cough
1. Inhalants
are divided into two types: specific and non-specific. The former such as dust mites, pollen, fungi, animal dander, etc.; non-specific inhalants such as sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide, chlorine, ammonia, etc.
2. Food
Cough attacks caused by dietary factors are relatively common, but they gradually decrease with age. The most common foods that cause allergies are eggs, milk, peanuts, meat, seafood, etc.
3. Infection
The formation and onset of cough are related to repeated respiratory tract infections. In many children with cough, there may be bacterial, viral or mycoplasma infections.
4. Exercise
About 70% to 80% of children with cough are coughing or wheezing after strenuous exercise, which is called exercise-induced cough or exercise-induced asthma. Clinical manifestations include cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, stridor, and wheeze can be heard on auscultation.