How about traditional Chinese medicine dietary therapy for resolving phlegm and relieving cough?

　　In autumn, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large and the weather is dry. The number of people suffering from respiratory diseases such as coughs and colds increases significantly. Many people have symptoms of itchy throat and cough, dry cough with little phlegm, and it is difficult to stop coughing once they start. So how to effectively resolve phlegm and relieve cough?

　　Dietary prescription for resolving phlegm and relieving cough

　　1. Hongtang ginger and jujube soup

　　Fry 30 grams of Hongtang, 15 grams of fresh ginger, and 30 grams of red dates in three bowls of water until more than half of it is cooked. Take it while it is hot, and you will be relieved if you sweat slightly after taking it. It can dispel wind and cold, treat colds and coughs, stomach cold tingling, postpartum cold diarrhea, yin deficiency, etc.

　　2. Turnip and green onion white

　　1 radish, 6 green onions, 15 grams of ginger, and three bowls of water. Boil the radish first, then add green onions and ginger, and cook the remaining soup into a bowl, and drink it with the dregs in one go. Xuanfei, relieving surface, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Treats cough due to wind-cold, frothy phlegm, chills, fatigue and soreness.

　　3. White radish honey

　　1 large white radish, 30 grams of honey, 5 white peppercorns, 2 grams. Wash the radish, slice it, put it in a bowl, pour honey, white pepper, etc., steam for half an hour and take it while it is hot. The sweat will be cured if you stay in bed. It can induce sweating and dispel cold, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and treat cough due to wind-cold.

　　4. Candied radish and pear

　　Ingredients: 1 white radish, 1 pear, 50 grams of honey, 7 white peppercorns. Usage: Wash and chop the white radish and pears, put them into a bowl, pour honey, add white pepper, put it in a pot and steam until cooked, pick out the white pepper, and take it warm in two portions. Efficacy: dispel wind and cold, relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

　　5. Fresh pear and Fritillaria

　　500 grams of fresh pears, 6 grams of minced caladium, and 30 grams of sugar. Peel the pear, cut it open, remove the core, fill it with minced caladium and sugar, put it together in a bowl and steam until cooked. Share food in the morning and evening. Clears away heat and resolves phlegm, dissipates stagnation and relieves symptoms. Treat cough or lung abscess, symptoms include chest pain, chills, cough, fever, dry mouth, dry throat, yellow and fishy phlegm or pus and blood phlegm, etc.

　　6. Rock sugar bird’s nest porridge

　　10 grams of bird's nest, 100 grams of rice, 50 grams of rock sugar. Soak the bird's nest in warm water until soft, remove the fluff and dirt, and then place it in a bowl of boiling water to continue growing. Wash the fine rice and put it into a pot, add three large bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. Put the fermented and pure bird's nest into the pot and cook it with the rice for about 1 hour, add rock sugar and dissolve. Nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm. Treat chronic cough caused by lung deficiency and cough and asthma that damage yin.

　　7. Loquat drink

　　10 grams of loquat and 10 grams of fresh reed root. Usage: Remove the hair from the loquat leaves, wash and dry them, slice the fresh reed roots into slices, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 20 to 30 minutes. Take it warm. Efficacy: dispelling wind, clearing away heat, relieving cough and relieving stomach pain.

　　8. Persimmon frosting candy

　　Equal amounts of persimmon frost and white sugar. Usage: Put persimmon cream and sugar into the pot, add a little water, simmer over low heat until it becomes silky and non-sticky. After cooling slightly, pour it into a porcelain plate coated with cooked vegetable oil, flatten it, cut it into pieces, and swallow it at any time. Efficacy: Clear lungs, moisturize dryness, relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

　　Foods to reduce phlegm and relieve cough

　　1.Sydney

　　White enters the lungs, so white foods have a protective effect on the lungs. Sydney pear has high water content and slightly cold nature. It can produce body fluid, moisturize dryness, clear away heat and reduce phlegm.

　　2. Tremella

　　Both are white foods, but white fungus is more mild and moist in nature. It is more suitable for people with cold body or poor gastrointestinal condition than snow pear. It is also good for qi and intestines.

　　3. Honey

　　The glucose and fructose in honey are easily absorbed by the human body. It also contains a variety of inorganic salts, organic acids and trace elements with concentrations similar to human serum. It is sweet and flat in nature and taste. It enters the spleen, lungs and large intestine meridian and has the effects of nourishing, moisturizing and detoxifying. It is often used to treat dryness cough.

　　4. Lily

　　These alkaloids not only have good nutritional and nourishing effects, but lilies also have the effects of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, and replenishing the middle and replenishing qi. They are very beneficial to people who are weak after illness, and are very suitable for consumption in dry winters.