How to regulate the lung meridian

The lungs are one of the most important organs in the human body, and many people have certain lung problems. Problems with the lungs can easily lead to lung diseases or respiratory diseases. However, if you want to moisturize and nourish the lungs, you can do so through certain methods. For example, stewed mushrooms with pear juice, stewed duck with water chestnuts, green olive, carrot and pork bone soup, and vegetarian braised winter melon are all foods that are good for the lungs.

1. Stewed mushrooms with pear juice

Ingredients: 1 duck pear, 50 grams of mushrooms, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Preparation: First, peel the pear, slice it and squeeze out the juice. Then, wash and slice the mushrooms. Add appropriate amount of water and rock sugar and stew them together. After 20 minutes or when the mushrooms are cooked, they can be served and eaten with the soup.

Efficacy: Pears can moisten the lungs and cool the heart, eliminate phlegm and reduce heat. The interferon produced by the double-stranded sugar nucleic acid in the mushrooms can eliminate viruses in the body and prevent and treat colds. This diet therapy can prevent and treat lung heat, cough, and cold in autumn and winter. Generally, it will be effective after two or three days of use.

2. Stewed duck with water chestnuts

Ingredients: 100 grams of water chestnuts, 1 clean duck, 20 grams of green onions, 15 grams of ginger, and appropriate amounts of cooking wine and salt.

Method: 1. Chop the duck into pieces and wash it, cut the green onion into sections, wash and slice the ginger, peel and wash the water chestnuts, cut them into two halves, and set aside.

2. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot and put in scallion, ginger slices and cooking wine. Add duck pieces, bring to a boil over high heat, and remove the duck pieces.

3. Add enough water into the pot again and put in water chestnuts and duck pieces. Cover, bring to a boil over high heat, simmer until cooked through, then add salt.

Efficacy: Water chestnuts can resolve phlegm and clear lung heat. Old duck is a good tonic with a cool nature. It can replenish blood and promote water circulation, nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs. Stewed old duck with water chestnuts has the effect of reducing lung fire and clearing lung heat.

3. Green olive, carrot and pork bone soup

Ingredients: 250 grams of green olives, 2 carrots, 400 grams of pork ribs.

Method: 1. Peel and cut carrots into pieces, and crack green olives.

2. Cut the pork ribs into large pieces and blanch them in boiling water.

3. Put the green olives, carrots, pork ribs and water into the soup pot. Bring to a boil over an open flame, then simmer over medium-low heat for one and a half hours. Add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, aids digestion, and is mainly used to treat sore throat caused by lung heat.

4. Braised Winter Melon

Ingredients: 200 grams of winter melon, appropriate amounts of salt, chicken essence, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, and white sugar.

Method: 1. Peel and remove the wax gourd, cut into cubes and set aside.

2. Pour oil into a hot pan, add winter melon cubes and fry until all sides are slightly golden brown. Then move the winter melon to the side of the pan, add a little sugar in the middle and stir-fry until the sugar turns brown, then stir-fry evenly with the winter melon cubes.

3. Add salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, add a small bowl of water, stir well, cover the pot, and simmer until the winter melon is cooked.

4. Add oyster sauce and chicken essence, simmer over high heat until the sauce thickens, then sprinkle with chopped green onions before serving.

Efficacy: Clears heat, resolves phlegm, promotes body fluid production, detoxifies, and promotes diuresis. It is mainly used to treat chest and heart heat, difficulty urinating, lung abscess, cough and asthma.