What can I eat to treat excessive phlegm quickly?

In spring and autumn, the weather is relatively dry and bacteria grow rapidly. Many people will experience adverse symptoms such as coughing and sputum, and in severe cases, it may develop into pneumonia. In order to solve the problem of excessive phlegm more quickly, patients can eat Sichuan fritillary pear, honey and white radish juice, sugarcane and water chestnut drink, lily and white fungus soup, cinnamon twig and platycodon tea, etc.

1. Sichuan Fritillary Pear

Pears are cool in nature, sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. After peeling the pears, take out the core, add 1 to 3 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa powder, and stew them in water. Eat one pear twice a day.

2. Honey and white radish juice

Take 1 large white radish and honey. Wash the radish, hollow out the center, add honey, put it in a large bowl, add water and steam for 20 minutes. Eat when cooked. Take once in the morning and evening every day, in appropriate amount. Suitable for patients with acute bronchitis and excessive sputum.

3. Sugarcane and Water Chestnut Drink

1 piece of red sugarcane, water chestnut. Wash and peel the sugarcane, squeeze out the juice, and use water chestnuts to squeeze out the juice. Pour the two juices into a cup and mix well.

4. Lily and Tremella Soup

6 grams of Tremella, 9 grams of lily, 4.5 grams of bamboo juice, and 800 ml of water. Wash the white fungus and soak it in water at room temperature for about 15 minutes. After it is soaked, pick it out and set it aside. Put the lily, bamboo juice and soaked white fungus into a small pot filled with 800 ml of water and put it into the rice cooker. Pour 1 bowl of water (about 250 ml) into the outer pot and cook until the switch of the rice cooker pops up, then take it out and eat. If you don’t like the taste, you can add honey to taste according to your personal preference.

Tremella has the effect of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, lily can clear the lungs and moisten dryness, and bamboo juice can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Boiling the three herbs into soup and drinking it has a good effect on improving symptoms of hot cough and excessive sputum. However, it should be noted that this prescription is not suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach and frequent diarrhea.

5. Cinnamon Twig and Platycodon Grandiflorum Tea

6 grams of cinnamon twig, 6 grams of platycodon, 6 grams of dodder seed, and 800 ml of water. After briefly rinsing the above medicinal materials, put them in a small pot filled with 800 ml of water, and put it into the rice cooker. Pour 1 bowl of water (about 250 mL) into the outer pot and cook until the switch of the rice cooker pops up, then you can take it out and eat it.

Cinnamon twig has the effect of promoting yang and dispelling cold, Platycodon can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and Cuscuta can nourish the kidneys and improve essence. Boiling the three herbs into soup and drinking it has a good effect on relieving and improving the symptoms of cold cough and excessive sputum.

6. Drink water in the morning

After getting up in the morning, drink a glass of boiled water before massage. The above methods must be adhered to throughout the year to see the effect. I have been using the above method for more than three years. Now my respiratory tract is unobstructed, I don't cough all year round, and I have much less phlegm.