Introduction: The arrival of cold air has weakened the smog. However, we should still eat foods that clear the lungs and detoxify to strengthen our bodies and resist the harm of smog. Here, we recommend drinking more water and eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, which can supplement various vitamins and inorganic salts, and also play a role in moistening the lungs, removing dryness, eliminating phlegm, relieving coughs, strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the kidneys.
Snow Pear
Sweet in flavor and cold in nature, it contains malic acid, citric acid, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C, carotene, etc. It has the effects of moistening the lungs, clearing dryness, relieving coughs, and reducing phlegm. Adults can eat 2 per day, and children can eat 1. If you have a weak spleen and stomach, it is recommended to cook them for better results.
How to eat: Make a lung-clearing pear; hollow out the snow pear, put Fritillaria cirrhosa bulbs rock sugar, etc. into it, and cook or steam it. Add honey after it cools slightly.
Red Wine Snow Pear
Lily Bulb
Lily bulb is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant. It is sweet and light in flavor, and neutral in nature. It has the effects of moistening the lungs, nourishing the lungs, relieving coughs, nourishing blood, and calming the mind. In addition to containing nutrients such as starch, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron, it also contains various alkaloids such as colchicine. These alkaloid components have the effects of calming the mind, nourishing the heart, moistening the lungs, and relieving coughs, and are very beneficial for people who are weak after illness.
How to eat: You can make lily and tremella congee. Note that you should use fresh lily bulbs, not dried ones, for the best lung-clearing effect. After cooking 30 grams of lily bulbs, 20 grams of tremella, and 50 grams of japonica rice, it is ready to eat.
Tremella
Sweet and light in flavor, neutral and non-toxic in nature, it has the effects of tonifying the spleen and whetting the appetite, as well as replenishing qi, clearing the intestines, nourishing yin, and moistening the lungs. It can enhance human immunity and also improve the tolerance of cancer patients to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In addition, tremella is rich in natural vegetable gum and is a good food for moistening the skin.
When eating tremella, it is mainly used in soups. When buying, be careful not to buy fake tremella that has been fumigated with sulfur. When selecting and tasting, if there is a pungent sensation, it means the tremella has been faked with sulfur fumigation and must not be purchased.
How to eat: You can make tremella congee. First, soak and rehydrate the tremella, remove the roots and chop it. Add it after the rice porridge starts to boil and cook for about 20 minutes until it is in a semi-melted, sticky state. It can also be stewed with snow pears to make tremella and snow pear soup.
Snow Pear and Tremella Soup
Radish
Radish is a root vegetable, containing glucose, sucrose, fructose, vitamin C, glucoraphenin, etc. It can be eaten raw or cooked. The mustard oil, amylase, and crude fiber in white radish have the effects of promoting digestion, increasing appetite, relieving coughs, and reducing phlegm.
How to eat: You can make a milk stewed radish soup. After adding scallions, ginger, and clear water, put the slightly fried radish blocks and milk into the pot to stew together. Add salt after it is tender. It is both nourishing and lung-clearing.
Soy Milk
It is made by soaking soybeans in water, grinding them, filtering, and then boiling. It is very nutritious. Different types of beans have their own unique benefits when ground into soy milk. It is rich in plant protein and phospholipids, as well as vitamins B1, B2, niacin, and minerals such as iron and calcium. In addition to being easily absorbed, the methionine it contains can prevent bronchial smooth muscle spasms, thereby relieving bronchitis and reducing the burden on the lungs.
How to eat: Be sure to boil it at 100°C before drinking to prevent poisoning. Do not drink on an empty stomach, do not put it in a thermos, do not drink too much at once, and do not take it with medication.
Three-Black Soy Milk