What soup can moisten the lungs, relieve cough and reduce phlegm?

When you have a cough, don't just think about using medicine to treat it. In fact, some medicated food can also have a strong therapeutic effect on coughs. Because coughs are mostly caused by unclear lungs, if you want to treat a cough, you must first moisten the lungs. The lungs are located at the top of the human body. When a disease occurs, it will affect other organs. So what soups are there that can moisten the lungs, relieve coughs and remove phlegm?

Lung moistening and cough relieving soup

1. Tremella and Red Dates Soup

It is particularly popular to make soup with large red dates. The soup made with red dates can not only nourish the body, but also moisten the lungs and relieve cough. For people with colds and coughs, drinking some soup made with red dates is very beneficial. The "Bixiao Fang" written by Meng Shen in the Tang Dynasty records that boiling red dates, white fungus and rock sugar together can relieve cough and moisten the lungs.

Ingredients: 20g Tremella (about half a piece), 20 red dates, 60g rock sugar (the amount can be increased or decreased according to individual taste).

Preparation method: Soak the white fungus in clean water, remove the stems, tear it into small pieces, put it into a pot together with red dates and rock sugar, add 6 bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for another half an hour and turn off the heat.

2. Tangerine peel and pear soup

"Compendium of Materia Medica" states that pears can "moisten the lungs and clear the heart, eliminate phlegm and reduce fire, and relieve sore and alcohol toxins." Experts say that pears have the effects of promoting salivation, moistening dryness, clearing away heat, and resolving phlegm, and are the most common food for clearing the lungs. Snow pear is sweet, moistens the lungs and cools the heart, tangerine peel regulates qi and dries dampness, and rock sugar moistens the heart and lungs. These three good things combined together make the most suitable soup to drink in the dry season.

Ingredients: 2 pears, 20 grams of tangerine peel, appropriate amounts of rock sugar, wolfberry and water.

Preparation: Wash and peel the pears, but do not throw away the skins, but put them on a separate plate. Cut the pear flesh into pieces and soak them in light salt water. Do not throw away the pear cores, but put them together with the pear skins. Put water in a pot, bring it to a boil, then add the pear skins, pear cores and tangerine peels and continue to simmer over high heat. Skim off the foam, then simmer over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes. Remove the soaked pear flesh and drain the water. Turn off the heat, remove the pear skins and pear cores and discard them. Add the pear flesh and rock sugar and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes until the rock sugar is completely melted. After turning off the heat, sprinkle with wolfberries and serve.

3. Loquat Leaf and Candied Date Soup

Loquat leaves are mild in nature and bitter in taste. Their main functions are to resolve phlegm and relieve cough, harmonize the stomach and reduce qi. When they are paired with candied dates to make soup, they can not only remove the bitterness of loquat leaves, but also have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Ingredients: loquat leaves, platycodon, 15 grams of almonds, 10 candied dates, and rock sugar.

Preparation method: Wash all ingredients and set aside; wrap the loquat leaves in a cloth and tie it tightly; pour three bowls of water into the pot, add all the prepared ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat; when half of the water is left in the pot, add rock sugar, melt it, stir well and it is ready to eat.

4. Stewed lean meat with almonds and Sichuan fritillaria

Almond is one of the medicinal and edible herbs commonly used in autumn. Boiling soup has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, relieving asthma, and promoting bowel movements. For the elderly, almonds, especially southern almonds which have a milder medicinal effect, can often be used in medicinal foods. Almonds and Fritillaria stewed with lean meat have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing away heat and reducing phlegm. Suitable for patients with chronic bronchitis who have cough, sticky phlegm, or dry cough without phlegm.

Ingredients: 10 grams of bitter almonds, 5 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 350 grams of lean pork, and 3 slices of ginger.

Method: Wash the lean pork and cut into pieces. Wash the bitter almonds and Fritillaria cirrhosa, put them into a stew pot together with the ginger, stew in water for 1 hour, and add fine salt.

5. Ham, mushroom and white radish soup

According to traditional Chinese medicine, white radish is white in color and belongs to the element of gold, which corresponds to the lung among the five internal organs. It is sweet and mild in nature and spicy in taste, and belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of lowering qi, digesting food, eliminating diseases and moistening the lungs, detoxifying and promoting body fluid, and being a diuretic and laxative. It is mainly used to treat pulmonary atrophy, lung heat, constipation, vomiting blood, bloating, food stagnation, indigestion, excessive phlegm, and obstructed urination and defecation.

Ingredients: 150 grams of ham, 50 grams of mushrooms, 250 grams of white radish, and appropriate amounts of ginger, onion, salt, cooking oil, water, and sesame oil.

Preparation: Cut the ham into thin slices, remove the stems of the mushrooms, wash them, and cut cross-shaped cuts on the mushroom surface. Wash and peel the white radish, then cut it into pieces with a rolling knife for later use. Slice the ginger, and cut the green onions into chopped green onions for later use. Pour a small amount of cooking oil into the wok, and when the oil is hot, add the ginger slices and ham slices, stir-fry quickly until fragrant, then add one to one and a half bowls of water. When the water boils, add the mushrooms and white radish pieces, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and cook for another quarter of an hour. Add a small amount of salt and sesame oil to taste, turn off the heat, serve and sprinkle with a small amount of chopped green onions.