1 Jianhua Pig Lung Soup

Ingredients: 25-30 grams of Jianhua and 1 pig lung.

Method: Wash the pig lungs, squeeze out the foam, cut into pieces, heat the pan, add ginger, stir-fry and put into a casserole. Add apricots and mulberry bark, simmer together to make a soup, season and drink the soup.

Efficacy: Sword flower, also known as king flower, has a sweet and slightly cold taste. It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, and relieving cough. It is commonly used to treat tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis, and mumps. Combined with pig lung, it can clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

2 Adenophora, fig and lily lean meat soup

Ingredients: 15g of Adenophora, 30g of lily, five figs, 18g of lean pork, 1 piece of tangerine peel.

Method: First wash the figs and cut them in half. Wash the lean pork, wash the Radix Adenophora, dried tangerine peel, and lily. Put all the ingredients into the boiling water, continue to simmer over medium heat for about two hours, add a little salt to taste, and drink.

Efficacy: Northern Adenophora, lily and fig all have the effect of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, moistening dryness and clearing the throat, plus the nutritious and nourishing pork lean meat and the qi-boosting spleen, drying dampness and reducing phlegm. Chenpi can also moisturize the throat, protect the vocal cords, smooth bowel movements, and prevent hemorrhoids.

3 Luo Han Guo stewed with snow pear

Ingredients: 1 Luo Han Guo and 2 pears.

Method: Wash and break open the Luo Han Guo, peel the pears and cut them into small pieces, put them in water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm, clears and soothes the throat. It can treat cough due to lung heat and sore throat.

4 Watercress, Momordica, and Pig’s Trotter Soup

Ingredients: 500 grams of pig’s trotters, half of Luo Han Guo, 700 grams of watercress, and 60 grams of southern almonds.

Method: Wash the pig's trotters, dry them in water, wash the monk fruit, wash the watercress, cut into short lengths, boil the almonds in boiling water and remove the clothes. Put the mangosteen and southern almonds into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, add the pork trotters and watercress, boil again, simmer for 2 to 3 hours, season and serve.

Efficacy: Clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It is used for dry cough caused by lung heat, dry throat and mouth, or dry and painful throat, hoarseness, or constipation due to dry heat. It can also be used for those with bronchitis due to dryness of the lungs and heat.