Some say "the voice is a woman's naked soul," meaning that a voice can reveal a woman's innermost secrets. Whether this is true or not is debatable. However, a voice is a form of energy that can affect others. In daily life, it is common for a gentle female voice to inspire trust, a sweet female voice to make people enjoy listening, and for some women to gain a reputation for being sexy because of their voice. Although vocal quality is largely natural, through our own efforts, we can also make our voices more charming, allowing others to "hear" our charm.
"Golden Throat" Dietary Care 1. Choose the Right Vitamins
For those who want to protect their vocal cords, special attention should be paid to supplementing with vitamins A, C, and B vitamins from their diet. A lack of vitamin A can easily lead to a dry and inflamed nose and throat; a lack of vitamin C can easily lead to nasal mucosal bleeding and vocal cord weakness. B vitamins, on the other hand, are essential for maintaining the normal function of the ears, nose, and throat. 2. Provide Adequate Calories
Carbohydrates are the main energy source for maintaining the normal function of nerve cells and keeping normal physiological activities. Their supply should be sufficient, accounting for 60% of total calories. Additionally, an adequate supply of sugar helps prevent vocal cord fatigue. 3. Eat Less Cold, Hot, and Irritating Food
Food that is too hot can easily cause congestion of the throat mucosa, affecting pronunciation and resonance. Food that is too cold can cause abnormal contraction of the throat muscles and vascular spasms, obstructing venous blood return, leading to mucosal damage and affecting the normal function of the laryngeal muscles and vocal cords.
Irritating foods such as chili, fermented tofu, sweets, toon sprouts, chives, garlic sprouts, lamb, shrimp, vinegar, and mustard can make the throat dry, cause thirst, increase phlegm, and make the throat feel blocked, stuffy, or cause a "cracked" voice, and even lead to hoarseness or loss of voice.
The Star Voice - Pear
Pears are sweet and slightly sour, cool in nature, and non-toxic. They are known to moisten the lungs, cool the heart, clear the mind, moisten the throat, reduce inflammation, and lower fever. They are a fruit that can make one feel vibrant and energetic.
Legend has it that during the Tang Dynasty, the mother of the famous minister Wei Zheng suffered from a cough. Finding it difficult to take medicine, her condition worsened. Wei Zheng, knowing his mother loved pears, had a cough-relieving Chinese medicine ground into a powder and simmered it with pear juice and sugar to make pear paste. After his mother ate it, she quickly recovered. The commonly used "snow pear paste" in clinical practice today is developed from this formula and is effective for lung heat cough, dry throat, hoarseness, and loss of voice.
TIPS:
1. Pears are cool in nature. Those with a weak constitution, a cold body type, or a cold cough should not eat them raw. They must be steamed, added to soup, or stewed with medicinal herbs. Those who are sensitive to cold, have a weak stomach, or are pregnant should not eat too many, or it's best to avoid them, as excessive consumption can damage yang energy.
2. Tips for choosing pears: When buying pears, choose those with complete fruit, no pests, no bruises, and are firm. Avoid buying fruit with wrinkled skin or spots. Select slightly firm fruit and store it at room temperature or in a paper bag until it is ripe. Good quality pears can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days without changing color or flavor.
Crystal Sugar Radish and Pear Tea
Ingredients: 10g crystal sugar, 250g radish, 50g lily bulb, 2 pears (any type of pear such as Ya pear, autumn pear, or snow pear).
Method:
(1) Wash and chop the pears and white radish;
(2) Break the lily bulbs into pieces, put them in a pot with crystal sugar and water, and cook until tender. Eat the lily bulbs, pears, and radish, and drink the soup. Take twice daily.
Therapeutic Effect: Radish is neutral and sweet in taste, and has the effect of resolving phlegm-heat, making it suitable for those with phlegm-heat related voice loss. Pear is cool in nature and has the effects of clearing heat, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, and resolving phlegm, especially for those with phlegm-heat related voice loss. Lily bulbs can nourish lung yin, moisten the lungs, and clear lung heat. This remedy has the therapeutic effects of clearing and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and reducing fire, and soothing the throat and improving the voice. Regular consumption is especially effective for preventing and treating hoarseness and protecting the throat.
Mother-of-Thousand-Fruits and Watercress Soup
Ingredients: 1 Mother-of-Thousand-Fruit (luohanguo), 100g watercress, 30g South almond, appropriate amount of crystal sugar.
Method:
(1) Wash the Mother-of-Thousand-Fruit and watercress, and cut the watercress. Blanch the South almonds in boiling water to remove the thin skin.
(2) Place the Mother-of-Thousand-Fruit and South almonds in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then add the watercress. After it boils again, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add crystal sugar to taste.
Therapeutic Effect: Mother-of-Thousand-Fruit is rich in glucose and can clear lung heat, moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and quench thirst, and promote bowel movements. Watercress contains multiple vitamins. South almonds, also known as sweet almonds, are sweet and neutral in nature and can moisten the lungs and stop coughs. Together, this soup can moisten dry lungs, stop coughs and resolve phlegm, effectively nourish yin and moisten dryness, and has the effect of nourishing, clearing the lungs, and improving the voice.
Snow Pear, Tremella, and Lily Porridge
Ingredients: 100g soaked tremella (wood ear mushroom), 100g lily bulb, 1 snow pear, 10ml honey.
Method:
(1) Tear the tremella into small pieces;
(2) Core and chop the snow pear.
(3) Put them in a clay pot and cook for 30 minutes, then add the lily bulb and cook for another 10 minutes.
(4) Add honey and serve. Take twice daily.
Therapeutic Effect: Lily bulb is neutral in nature and sweet with a slightly bitter taste, and can nourish lung yin, moisten the lungs, and clear lung heat. Tremella (wood ear mushroom) has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, promoting fluid production, and tonifying deficiency. Snow pear clears heat and promotes fluid production, and moistens the lungs to stop coughs. This porridge is suitable for those with a weak constitution, yin deficiency, and a dry throat.
Olive and Preserved Plum Soup
Ingredients: 10 fresh green olives, 15 preserved plums.
Method:
(1) Wash the fresh olives (with pits) and preserved plums.
(2) Add two bowls of water and simmer slowly over low heat until the soup is thick. Those who dislike sourness can add an appropriate amount of sugar.
Therapeutic Effect: Green olives are rich in protein, carbohydrates, and various vitamins, and have anti-inflammatory and astringent effects. Since ancient times, they have been a good remedy for clearing heat, detoxifying, and soothing the throat. Preserved plums can stop coughs, resolve phlegm, promote fluid production, and relieve irritability. This soup can clear heat and detoxify and is very effective for acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, heatstroke, and indigestion.
Six Simple Throat-Soother Recipes
Sweet Egg Soup
1 raw egg, 10g sugar. Break the egg into a bowl, add sugar, mix well, and pour in a small amount of boiling water. Take before bedtime. It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, suitable for hoarseness.
Daylily Soup
50g daylily (fresh daylilies should be steamed or boiled before consumption to prevent colchicine poisoning), appropriate amount of honey. Cook the daylilies in one bowl of water until tender, mix in honey, hold it in the mouth to gargle the throat for a moment, then swallow slowly. Take in three doses. It has the effect of clearing accumulated heat and unblocking the meridians, suitable for loss of voice and hoarseness caused by vocal cord strain.
Pork Skin Soup
500g pork skin, a little salt. Wash the pork skin, add water and stew until very tender. Eat the pork skin and drink the soup in three doses. Use for 20 consecutive days. Suitable for hoarseness caused by pathogenic heat.
Radish Soup
250g white radish, 250g green radish. Wash the radishes, slice them, add water and simmer for 1 hour. Take three times daily. It has the effect of clearing the lungs and soothing the throat, suitable for a dry, itchy throat and hoarseness.
Crystal Sugar Pear Water
50g crystal sugar, 2 pears (any type of pear). Wash and chop the pears, put them in a pot with crystal sugar and water, and cook until tender. Take twice daily. It has the effect of clearing the lungs, moistening the throat, resolving phlegm, and reducing fire, suitable for hoarseness, and regular consumption can effectively protect the throat.
Sterculia Lychnophora (Pang Da Hai)
5 Sterculia lychnophora seeds, appropriate amount of crystal sugar. Rinse the Sterculia seeds, put them in a bowl with crystal sugar, pour in boiling water, and steep for half an hour. Drink as tea. Soak again after half a day, twice daily, with effects seen in 2-3 days. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and moistening the lungs.