Spring is a beautiful season, but it is also a season for many diseases, such as spring cough. The dry climate, changing temperatures, and increased allergens in spring can irritate the human respiratory tract, causing symptoms like coughing and sputum production, which is known as "spring cough." So, what should you eat for spring cough? Are there any food therapy remedies that can treat it?
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4 Food Therapy Remedies to Effectively Treat Spring Cough
1. Perilla Porridge: 15g of perilla leaves, 100g of japonica rice, and 25g of brown sugar. Place the perilla leaves and japonica rice in a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat for 35 minutes. Add the brown sugar to finish. It has the effect of dispelling wind and cold, and is suitable for spring wind-cold colds.
2. White Fungus and Ginkgo Stew: 20g of ginkgo nuts, 30g of white fungus, and 15g of rock sugar. Place the ginkgo nuts and white fungus in a stew pot with an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over medium heat, then simmer on low heat for 1 hour. Add the rock sugar when done. It has the effect of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, and calming asthma and coughing. It is suitable for yin deficiency coughs, spermatorrhea, and frequent urination.
3. Walnut Porridge: 50g of walnuts, 100g of japonica rice, and 100g of brown sugar. First, blanch the walnut kernels in boiling water, peel them, and chop them into rice-sized pieces. When the rice begins to soften, add the walnuts and brown sugar, and cook into a porridge. It has the effect of tonifying the kidneys, strengthening yang, strengthening the spleen, and replenishing qi.
4. Hawthorn and Walnut Tea: 50g of hawthorn, 150g of walnut kernels, and 100g of sugar. First, soak the walnut kernels for 30 minutes, wash them, and grind them with a small amount of warm water into a paste, then dilute and set aside. Wash the hawthorn and decoct it three times over medium heat with an appropriate amount of water, filter out the dregs, and take the concentrated juice. Clean the pot, place it on the stove, pour in the hawthorn juice and sugar, and stir until dissolved. Then, pour in the walnut paste while stirring continuously. Heat until it just begins to simmer. It has the effect of tonifying the lungs and kidneys, and promoting the production of body fluids.
Next, let's learn about the symptoms of spring cough. If you experience the following symptoms, in addition to consuming the food therapy remedies above, you should seek medical attention for a diagnosis if the condition is severe.
Symptoms of Spring Cough
Sputum Color
1) White, frothy, and sticky sputum: Commonly seen in bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
2) Yellow, purulent sputum: Usually indicates an infectious disease.
3) Pink, frothy sputum: A characteristic of pulmonary edema.
4) Rust-colored sputum: A typical sign of lobar pneumonia.
Sputum Sound
1) A strong, forceful cough: Often indicates a wind-heat cough.
2) White, clear, and thin sputum, with a clear runny nose: Often indicates a wind-cold cough.
3) A weak cough, with thick, yellow sputum that is difficult to expel, and a dry, sore throat: Often indicates a lung-heat cough.
4) A dry cough with no sputum or very little sputum: Often indicates a lung-dryness cough.
5) A hoarse cough, with a dry cough and little sputum or sputum streaked with blood, and a dry throat: Often indicates lung yin deficiency.
6) If the cough is paroxysmal, with each bout lasting 10-20 continuous coughs and ending with a long wheeze from the throat: Often indicates pertussis (whooping cough).
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