Dry winter weather can easily lead to coughing. Try these eight dietary remedies.

The winter weather is dry, and eating festive foods like melon seeds and oranges can easily lead to symptoms like a sore throat and cough. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that coughing refers to the upward counterflow of lung qi, producing sound and expelling phlegm, and is one of the main symptoms of diseases of the lung system. Dietary therapy is a good method for relieving coughs. Let's take a look at the following recipes:

Honey Tangerine and Goji Jujube Soup

1, Tangerine and Tremella Soup

Take 100 grams of soaked tremella, 200 grams of canned tangerine segments, and an appropriate amount of sugar. First, remove the stems from the tremella, wash it, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat until tender. When changing to high heat to stew, add sugar and more water. When the tremella reaches the desired softness, add the canned tangerine segments and cook briefly. Eat as a dessert. It has the effects of replenishing qi, benefiting the kidneys, stopping coughs, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for lung-heat cough, dry lung cough, and cough with blood in the phlegm.

2, Apple Soup

Take 1 apple, 1 snow pear, 3 grams of dried tangerine peel, 30 grams of sugar, and an appropriate amount of starch. Peel and core the apple and pear, cut them into small cubes, wash and chop the dried tangerine peel. Place them all in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until soft and mushy. Add sugar, then thicken with a slurry of starch. Eat as a side dish. It has the effects of tonifying the middle burner, replenishing qi, clearing heat, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for cough with phlegm.

3, Lily and Ginseng Tremella Soup

Take 15 grams of lily bulb, 12 grams of tremella, 15 grams of Prince ginseng, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, soak the tremella in water until soft, remove impurities and wash it. Place the washed tremella, lily bulb, and Prince ginseng in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the tremella is soft and cooked. Add rock sugar to taste. Take it warm in 2 doses, once a day. It has the effects of nourishing yin and replenishing qi. It is suitable for cough, shortness of breath, and dry mouth caused by deficiency of qi and yin in the lung and stomach.

4, Honey and Egg Soup

Take 35 grams of honey and 1 egg. First, bring 300 ml of water to a boil with the honey, add the egg, and cook until it simmers slightly. Drink it all at once on an empty stomach, both morning and evening. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and stopping coughs. It is suitable for dry lung cough and persistent cough.

Lily and Loquat Syrup

5, Carrot and Red Date Soup

Take 120 grams of carrot and 40 grams of red dates. First, wash the red dates and soak them for 2 hours. Wash the carrot and place it with the red dates in a clay pot. Add water and cook for about 1 hour, or until the red dates are soft and mushy. Take one dose per day, divided into two servings, morning and evening. It has the effects of nourishing yin, replenishing qi, regulating qi, and stopping coughs. It is suitable for paroxysmal cough, dry mouth, spontaneous sweating, and fatigue caused by deficiency of qi and yin, and upward counterflow of lung qi.

6, Lily and Egg Soup

Take 60 grams of lily bulb and 2 eggs. First, wash the lily bulb and place it with the washed eggs in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until the eggs are done. Peel the eggs. Take one dose per day, drink the soup, and eat the eggs and lily bulb. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs and providing nutrition. It is suitable for chronic cough due to lung deficiency.

7, Glehnia and Lily Duck Soup

Take 30 grams of Glehnia root, 30 grams of lily bulb, and 150 grams of fatty duck meat. Wash the Glehnia root, lily bulb, and duck meat. Place them all in a pot with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the duck meat is tender and cooked. Drink the soup and eat the duck meat. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, clearing heat, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for cough with phlegm, dry mouth and throat, and tuberculosis cough caused by lung-heat and yin deficiency.

8, Lily and Loquat Soup

Take 30 grams of fresh lily bulb, 30 grams of fresh loquat, 30 grams of fresh lotus root, an appropriate amount of starch and sugar, and a little osmanthus. First, wash the fresh lotus root and slice it. Place it with the lily bulb and loquat in a pot with water and cook. When it is almost done, add an appropriate amount of starch to thicken into a soup. When eating, add a little sugar and osmanthus. Eat at any time. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, clearing heat, and stopping coughs. It is suitable for incessant dry cough caused by dry-heat damaging the lungs, lung yin deficiency, and deficiency-heat disturbing the chest.