Diet therapy for winter cough

Coughing is not a disease, but it is really painful when you cough. Especially in winter. Cough is a very stubborn disease. So is there any way to prevent coughing in advance so that we don’t have to worry about it? Today I will bring you some good news about treating winter cough, that is - diet therapy for winter cough. So, what I am about to introduce to you is the dietary therapy for winter cough. Is there a feeling that you really want to know? Let’s wait and see what happens next.

Diet therapy:

1. Candied radish and pear

Ingredients: 1 white radish, 1 pear, 50 grams of honey, 7 white peppercorns. Usage: Wash and chop white radish and pear, put them in a bowl, pour in honey, add white pepper, steam until cooked, pick out the white pepper, and take warm in 2 doses. It has the effects of dispersing wind and cold, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Note: White pepper is pungent and hot, and has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, and can dispel wind and cold evil; radish can relieve gas and resolve phlegm, and relieve stomach and aid digestion; pears can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs; honey is sweet and neutral in nature, and has the effect of nourishing the middle and moistening dryness, and can nourish the spleen and stomach to increase the ability to resolve phlegm, and it also has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. Honey can alleviate the excessive spiciness of pepper, and the spiciness of pepper can prevent the disadvantages of honey's sweet and greasy effect that causes phlegm.

2. Three-kernel porridge

Choose 5 grams of high-quality ginkgo nuts, 10 grams of sweet almonds, 10 grams of walnut kernels, and 50 grams of polished rice. First wash the three kernels, put them into a pot, add water and boil for 20 minutes, then put the polished rice in and cook until the rice is cooked. It is ready to eat and you can also add a small amount of rock sugar.

Ginkgo nuts are sweet and bitter in nature, and can nourish the lung qi, relieve asthma and cough, and also stop enuresis; sweet almonds moisten the lungs and relieve cough; walnut kernels nourish the kidneys and strengthen the essence, warm the lungs and relieve asthma; and glutinous rice nourishes the stomach and regulates the stomach.

3. Luohan Snow Pear Drink

Method: Put a clean monk fruit and two snow pears into a casserole, add clean water, put it on the fire, use high heat first, wait for it to boil, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 20 to 30 minutes. Drain the water and wait until it is at a suitable temperature before drinking.

Property analysis: Luo Han Guo is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effects of relieving cough and asthma, relieving fever and anti-tuberculosis, and refreshing and relieving heat. When combined with snow pear, which can clear heat and nourish the stomach, and nourish yin and moisten the lungs, its effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat and relieving cough are stronger. Suitable for acute and chronic pharyngitis, cough and other diseases. In addition, using only monk fruit, soaking it in boiling water for half an hour and drinking it instead of tea, also has a certain effect on coughs caused by pharyngitis, laryngitis, and bronchitis.

4. Loquat Drink

Ingredients: 10 grams of loquat, 10 grams of fresh reed root. Usage: Remove the hair from the loquat leaves, wash and dry them, slice the fresh reed roots, put them into a pot with appropriate amount of water, boil them over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 20 to 30 minutes. Take immediately while warm. Efficacy: dispel wind and heat, relieve cough and soothe the stomach.

Note: Reed root is sweet and cold, enters the lung and stomach meridians, clears away lung heat, moistens dryness and relieves cough, and also disperses wind-heat; loquat leaves are bitter and flat, and can clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, relieve qi and relieve cough, as well as harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting. This prescription is particularly suitable for patients with wind-heat cough accompanied by nausea and vomiting due to gastric reflux.

When we have symptoms of coughing, we must remember to drink more water. You can also try the drinks recommended above, they are really effective.

The above is the winter cough diet therapy introduced to you today. A safe, painless, and gentle dietary therapy. As long as you follow the above methods, I believe you will have a different winter. Isn’t it simple? As long as we take a break from our usual diet, we can avoid the trouble of coughing. Let us act quickly and try to have a healthy body.