Can steaming eggs with sugar relieve cough?

Steaming eggs and white sugar together has a certain effect in treating coughs. White sugar steamed eggs are also called pearls hidden in the snow. It can not only treat coughs, but also tastes better. When choosing white sugar, it is best to choose white granulated sugar, because white granulated sugar itself has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. It has certain therapeutic and health-care effects on coughs caused by colds, or bronchitis coughs, etc.

What is the cough-relieving principle of white sugar steamed eggs?

1. White sugar

(1) White sugar is sweet and neutral in nature. It enters the spleen and lung meridians and has the effects of moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, relieving cough, harmonizing the stomach and benefiting the lungs, soothing liver qi, nourishing yin, adding flavor, removing bad breath, and detoxifying brine.

(2) Appropriate consumption of white sugar can also help improve the body's absorption of calcium, provide energy to the body, maintain normal function of the heart and nervous system, and protect the liver and detoxify. Modern medical research has found that white sugar can also change the speed of wound healing and promote the growth of tissue cells.

(3) Different types of white sugar have different effects. For example, rock sugar can nourish yin and promote the production of body fluids, moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. It has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on dry coughs, dry coughs without sputum, and sputum with blood. Although brown sugar has more impurities, it retains better nutrients and has the effects of invigorating qi, relieving stomach discomfort, helping the spleen to digest food, replenishing blood and removing blood stasis. It also has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain. Therefore, it is suitable for women and other people who are weak due to cold.

(4) White sugar is suitable for people with lung deficiency, cough, dry mouth, thirst, drunkenness and hypoglycemia, but not for patients with high blood sugar.

2. Eggs

(1) Eggs are rich in protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals such as iron, calcium, and potassium that are essential to the human body. The protein is high-quality and can repair damage to tissues such as the liver.

(2) Eggs are rich in DHA, lecithin and yolk, which are beneficial to the development of the nervous system and body, can improve brain function, memory and promote liver cell regeneration;

(3) It contains a lot of vitamin B and other trace elements, which can decompose and oxidize carcinogens in the human body and have an anti-cancer effect.

(4) The lecithin in egg yolk can increase the amount of plasma protein in the human body, enhance the body's metabolic function and immune function, especially when the body has a cold and is weak in fighting against viruses. Eating eggs can increase nutrition and is very helpful in strengthening the body's resistance.

3. Combining the nutritional benefits of white sugar and eggs above, white sugar steamed eggs are helpful in treating coughs and are very suitable for eating when you have a cold and cough. This is the explanation of the cough-relieving principle of white sugar steamed eggs.

White sugar steamed eggs are suitable for symptoms and people

Indications

(1) Steamed eggs with white sugar are generally used to treat coughs caused by colds, accompanied by sore throat, dry nose, dry throat, or yellow phlegm.

(2) If you feel cold all over and feel cold every day after catching a cold, have a clear nasal discharge, and feel a chill on your back, you can try steaming eggs with brown sugar instead.

Target Group

(1) The white sugar steamed egg method is suitable for a wide range of people. It is suitable for men, women, young and old, such as children, the elderly, men, and women during menstruation and pregnancy.

(2) If you have just caught a cold, eating steamed eggs with sugar can prevent the cold from developing into a cough. If you just have a cough, you can basically get better by taking it for three consecutive days.