What food is best for reducing phlegm?

Having phlegm in the throat is a very annoying symptom, especially when you can't cough it out. It's very uncomfortable as it's stuck in your throat. When people encounter such a situation, they often choose to take some expectorant drugs for treatment, but they can also make adjustments through diet. Next, the editor mainly wants to introduce several foods that have the effect of reducing phlegm, and everyone can learn about them together.

1. Persimmon. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that persimmon is cold in nature, sweet and slightly astringent, and enters the lung, spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has many functions such as moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening the intestines, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. For people who suffer from autumn dryness, cough and phlegm, eating some persimmons can effectively moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm.

2. Peanuts. Peanuts contain a large amount of protein and unsaturated fatty acids, which have the effects of strengthening the body and replenishing deficiency, soothing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, stopping bleeding and promoting lactation, clearing the throat and stopping malaria. They can also enhance memory and help improve memory. Therefore, people with weak lungs are suitable for drinking boiled peanuts.

3. Soy milk. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soy milk has the effects of diuresis, moisturizing dryness, clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm, and is very suitable for drinking in autumn. Soy milk contains female hormones similar to those in the human body, which helps to make the skin smooth and fair and also maintain the body shape. Soy milk is high in unsaturated fatty acids, rich in fiber, and its lecithin can improve brain health.

4. Monk fruit. Luo Han Guo is known as the "magic fruit". It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing the voice and moistening the lungs, and removing bad breath. It is especially effective for hoarseness, dry throat and thirst caused by excessive smoking and drinking. It can also lower blood sugar levels and improve diabetes. It can protect the throat and treat hoarseness, cough, sore throat and other symptoms caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs.

The several foods mentioned above can all play the role of resolving phlegm and moistening the lungs. They can also supplement other nutrients and avoid the toxic side effects caused by the use of drugs, thus achieving multiple goals at one stroke. Therefore, the editor strongly recommends that patients eat more similar foods to help eliminate symptoms.