Autumn dry cough diet therapy

The temperature in autumn is relatively dry, so when autumn comes, everyone must drink plenty of water to effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases. Because the weather is too dry in autumn, the number of people suffering from rhinitis and dry cough problems is also increasing. A dry cough mainly refers to the situation where there is no obvious disease problem inside a person's throat, but the person just can't help coughing. So what are the dietary treatments for dry cough in autumn?

What food should I eat for dry cough in autumn?

The weather in autumn is relatively dry, and the lungs are a delicate organ and are easily damaged. In addition, people stay in high-temperature indoor environments for a long time and eat more spicy and hot foods, which can easily cause internal heat and dry coughs. In terms of diet, you can eat some mild yin-nourishing foods, such as sesame, glutinous rice, japonica rice, honey, etc. Drink more water and eat less spicy food.

1. Lily

According to traditional Chinese medicine, lily tastes sweet, slightly bitter and is slightly cold in nature. It enters the heart and lung meridians and is a tonic. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the heart and calming the mind, relieving fever and promoting diuresis, relieving cough and relieving asthma, regulating the stomach and strengthening the spleen. Lily is suitable for symptoms such as yin deficiency, chronic cough, palpitations, insomnia, nightmares, and mental confusion. Wash the lilies, cook them, add rock sugar and cool them before eating. It can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, as well as nourish the stomach.

2. Lotus root

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is cold in nature and sweet in taste. Used raw, it has the function of cooling blood and dispersing blood stasis, and can treat fever, thirst, vomiting blood, hot stranguria, etc.; fresh lotus root juice, half a cup each morning and evening, can treat tuberculosis bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, and nosebleeds. In addition, squeeze the raw lotus root to extract the juice, add an appropriate amount of honey, stir well, and take it in several times to treat fever and thirst; half a cup of lotus root juice and pear juice each, mix well and take it to treat phlegm heat in the upper part of the body, dry mouth and cough.

3. Kumquat

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kumquat is warm in nature, spicy, sweet and sour in taste, and enters the liver, lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating qi and digestion, and soothing the liver and relieving depression. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as qi stagnation, chest and flank pain, food stagnation, poor appetite, cough and sputum. Kumquat has a good cough-relieving effect. Eating it 3 times a day, 5-6 pieces each time, also has medicinal effects.

4. Pear

Pears are sweet and juicy, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, nourishing yin and clearing away heat. Steamed pear is a traditional dietary supplement. The method of making it is to cut off one-third of the pear from the bottom of the stem to use as a lid, dig out the pear core, hollow out the flesh in the middle of the pear and cut it into pieces, put it into the pear together with Fritillaria cirrhosa powder, shredded tangerine peel, rock sugar crumbs, etc., and then put it into a steaming cup filled with clean water. Steam it over high heat for 45 minutes. It has a good moisturizing and protective effect on the throat.

5. Tremella

It is recommended to eat Tremella fuciformis regularly for people with physical conditions such as consumptive cough, blood in sputum, excessive vaginal discharge in women, weakness, weight loss, and poor appetite in the elderly. Because it contains a variety of amino acids, vitamins and glycogen, it has the effects of nourishing the stomach, moistening the lungs and producing body fluids, refreshing the mind, nourishing the stomach, invigorating qi, and strengthening the brain. It is a traditional precious tonic in China.

6. Honey

Honey can not only relieve coughs, but also improve sleep and relieve cold symptoms because honey can increase saliva secretion, help reduce phlegm and lubricate the respiratory tract. Remove the core of the pear, pour the honey into the pear, seal the lid, steam it in a pot, and eat the pear and drink the honey. It is used for the conditioning and treatment of patients with dry cough without sputum, dry throat and dry mouth due to lung yin deficiency.

7. Lettuce

Eating lettuce regularly in autumn can enhance the secretion of gastric juice and digestive juice, and increase the secretion of bile. Lettuce is high in iodine, which has a beneficial effect on the body's basal metabolism and physical development. In addition, people who suffer from cough in autumn can eat more lettuce leaves to relieve the cough.

8. Water Chestnut

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water chestnuts are sweet and cold in nature, enter the lung and stomach meridians, and have the functions of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, eliminating accumulation and resolving phlegm, stopping bleeding and stopping dysentery. This product is juicy in nature, cold in nature and clears heat. It is suitable for yin damage caused by febrile disease, thirst caused by fluid damage, yin deficiency and lung heat, dry cough due to lung, indigestion, bloody dysentery, and metrorrhagia. Be sure to peel or wash before eating raw. Because water chestnuts grow in paddy fields, toxic biological excreta and chemicals will accumulate on their skin, and they may also contain parasites.

9. Rock sugar

Rock sugar is made from granulated sugar into ice-like crystals, hence the name. "Bencao Zaixin" says it can "relieve cough and resolve phlegm." Children with whooping cough should boil it in water to drink or chew it and eat it, so it is used in many cough-relieving prescriptions.