Can I eat bayberry if I have a cough and phlegm?

In winter, the temperature changes greatly. If your resistance is low, it is easy to catch a cold and cough. However, it is best not to eat bayberry when you have a cough, because bayberry has a high acid content, which can damage the stomach and cause indigestion. In severe cases, it can aggravate the cough. You can choose to eat other fruits to relieve the condition, such as pears, apples, etc. Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

It is best not to eat bayberry when you have a cold or cough

The acid content of bayberry pulp is very high. People with gastric ulcers and bad teeth should not eat too much of it. Eating too much will cause internal heat. Patients with respiratory diseases, especially those with colds and coughs, should eat less.

Bayberry fruit

[Source] "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica"

[Chemical composition] The fruit contains glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, lactic acid and wax; it also contains monoglucoside and a small amount of diglucoside of anthocyanin. The leaves contain volatile oils and tannins; they also contain taraxacinol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin, lupulinol, meso-inositol and myrica glycosides. The heartwood contains gum.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet and sour, warm.

[return through meridians] enters the lung and stomach meridians.

【Functions and indications】Produces body fluids and quenches thirst, harmonizes the stomach and helps digest Treats thirst, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, cleanses the intestines and stomach, and relieves alcohol. The fruit is used to treat heart and stomach pain, dysentery, vomiting and diarrhea;

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[Functions and indications] It can stop bleeding and treat dysentery. It can be used externally to treat bleeding from knife wounds, bruises, and pain in the muscles and bones.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: Eat raw, soak in wine, pickle or burn and grind into powder. For external use: mash and apply, burn and grind into powder and spray into nose or apply.

【Notice】

①Meng Shen: Do not eat too much, as it can damage your teeth and tendons.

② "Bencao Gangmu": Avoid eating raw onions.

③ "Kaibao Materia Medica": Eating too much will cause fever.

④ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": People with hot blood and excessive fire should not eat too much.

⑤ "Bencao Congxin": Eating too much will cause sores and phlegm.

【Additional prescription】

1. To treat dysentery: burn bayberry and drink it. (Yangmei Recipe from Puji Prescription)

2. Prevent heatstroke: soak bayberry in liquor and drink it. Or use 50 cents to decoct and drink. (Jiangxi Journal of Chinese Herbal Medicine)

3. To treat gastrointestinal bloating: pickle bayberries with salt and set aside. The longer the better. When using, take a few bayberries and soak them in boiled water. (Quanzhou Materia Medica)

4. To treat persistent headache: Grind bayberry into powder and use a small amount to induce sneezing. (Compendium)

5. To treat all injuries, stop bleeding and regenerate tissue without scars: pound bayberry and salt kernels into a paste, make it into a stick, put it in a bamboo tube, and fill it in any broken parts. Apply it to small wounds. (《Experience Behind》)