Can I drink honey water when I have a cough?

Coughing is something that happens to everyone, especially when you have a cold, which is the easiest to cause coughing. Some people cough because of bronchitis. In fact, coughing is a relatively good thing. It can effectively clear out debris and toxins in the human respiratory tract. However, doctors generally do not recommend eating sweets when coughing. So, can you drink honey water when you cough?

Bulgarian scholars reported at the 25th International Beekeeping Federation Congress that the effectiveness of using honey to treat respiratory diseases is 91.5%-96%. Guangze County Hospital in Fujian Province reported that using honey and ginger mixture is effective in treating cough.

It can be seen that drinking honey water for coughing has a certain effect. It is recommended that patients with coughing can try the following methods:

Recipe 1: 10g perilla leaves and 10g honey. [Preparation method] Add appropriate amount of perilla leaves to water, boil for 3 to 5 minutes, take the juice, wait for it to cool, and then mix it with honey. [Effects] Dispel wind and cold. Hole-opening cough. Suitable for cough caused by cold. [Usage] Take 1 dose daily before going to bed.

Recipe 2: 250g ginger, 150g sesame oil, and 250g honey. [Preparation] Wash the ginger and squeeze out the juice. Add honey and sesame oil and simmer over low heat until the ginger juice evaporates. [Effects] Relieve exterior symptoms and dispel cold, warm the middle and stop cough. Suitable for long-term cough. [Usage] 3 times a day. 15ml each time. Take with warm water.

Recipe three: 50g of ophiopogon japonicus and 15g of honey. [Preparation method] Wash and mash the herb to extract the juice. Add honey and mix well for later use. [Effects] Dispel wind and cold, and relieve cough. Suitable for treating cough caused by wind-cold. [Usage]Twice a day. Take with warm water. What should you do if you have a persistent cough? The following two recipes are suitable for treating persistent cough.

Recipe 4: 30g poppy shell and appropriate amount of honey. [Preparation method] Grind poppy shell into fine powder, mix with honey to make a paste, bottle it and set aside. [Effects] Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough. It is astringent and can relieve pain. Suitable for long-term cough. [Usage] Change the dressing once a day. Apply a small amount of ointment on the navel, cover it with gauze and adhesive tape.

Recipe 5, 100g ginger juice. 150g white radish juice and 150g pear juice. 100g human milk, 200g honey. [Preparation method] Mix the above 5 ingredients and boil them into a thick paste for later use. [Effects] Nourishes the lungs and produces body fluids, relieves qi and eliminates phlegm. Suitable for long-term cough. [Usage] Take 2 spoons twice a day, morning and evening, with warm water.

What foods should not be eaten when coughing?

If you have a cough in your life, in addition to active treatment, you should also pay more attention to your daily diet. Generally speaking, cough patients should not eat the following foods:

1. Cold food. It is not advisable to drink cold or frozen drinks when you have a cough. If you eat too cold food at this time, it will easily cause blockage of lung qi, aggravating the symptoms and not healing over time.

2. Fatty, sweet and greasy foods. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. When children cough, their gastrointestinal function is relatively weak. Fried foods can increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, increase moisture and heat, breed phlegm, and make the cough difficult to cure.

3. Sweet and sour foods. Sour food often causes phlegm to accumulate, making it difficult to cough up, thus aggravating the condition and making the cough difficult to cure. When the cough is severe, it is not advisable to eat apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, etc. Eating sweets will also increase heat, making the inflammation difficult to cure.

4. Oranges. Many people believe that oranges can relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, so they let children with coughs eat more oranges. In fact, orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, but orange flesh can generate heat and phlegm.

There are many causes of cough, and the solutions to coughs caused by different causes are different. It is recommended that patients first understand the cause of the cough so that they can better solve it.