Moisturize and nourish your lungs this summer with these foods.

The summer weather is hot, and most people are prone to "heatiness," which can easily harm the lungs. We can regulate our lungs through food. So, what should we eat in the summer to better protect and nourish the lungs? Next, the editor will take you to find out.

1. Tremella

Tremella is sweet, light, mild in nature, and non-toxic. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and whetting the appetite, as well as replenishing Qi, clearing the intestines, nourishing Yin, and moistening the lungs. It can not only enhance human immunity but also improve the tolerance of cancer patients to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Tremella is rich in natural plant-based gelatin, and with its nourishing Yin effect, it is an excellent moisturizing food that can be taken for a long time. There are many ways to eat Tremella; it can be cooked as a dish or stewed. For example, make a soup with lily or cherry rock sugar. It moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm, nourishes Yin, and promotes the production of body fluids. It can treat symptoms such as Yin deficiency with dry lungs, a sore throat, and thirst.

Rock Sugar Tremella Soup

2. Radish

The radish is sweet, crisp, tender, and juicy. "When cooked, it is as sweet as a taro; when eaten raw, it is as crisp as a pear." Its efficacy is no less than that of ginseng, hence the saying "A October radish is as good as ginseng." Since ancient times, many famous people have been fond of eating radishes. Eating it raw can treat thirst from heat diseases and lung-heat cough; when juiced and drunk together with sugarcane, pear, or lotus root, the effect is even better. It has the effects of clearing heat, resolving phlegm, promoting the production of body fluids, stopping cough, benefiting the stomach, and aiding digestion.

3. Lily

Lily has the effect of moistening the lungs and stopping cough. Because fresh lily contains mucilage, it can moisten dryness and clear heat, and is very effective for treating symptoms such as lung dryness and lung-heat cough. Various foods made with lily as an ingredient also have a certain effect on clearing lung heat.

Pumpkin and Lily Soybean Milk Sweet Soup

4. Water Chestnut

The water chestnut has a purplish-black skin and white, sweet, juicy, and crisp flesh, earning it the reputation of "underground snow pear." People in the north call it "Jiangnan ginseng." It can be eaten raw as a fruit or cooked as a vegetable, making it a popular seasonal item. Water chestnuts also have a lung-moistening effect and can be juiced with lotus root for drinking. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting the production of body fluids, transforming dampness to resolve phlegm, cooling the blood, and detoxifying. It treats conditions such as injury to fluids by heat diseases, dry mouth and throat, and lung-heat cough.

5. Snow Pear

The pear is sweet and slightly sour, and cool in nature. It acts on the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of promoting the production of body fluids, moistening dryness, clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and sobering up. It is used for dry cough, thirst, and constipation caused by injury to Yin by heat diseases or Yin deficiency, as well as for vexation and thirst, cough and asthma, and yellow phlegm caused by internal heat. Tremella and snow pear paste can nourish Yin, clear heat, moisten the lungs, and stop cough. The method is very simple: first, core and slice the pear, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook it with rehydrated tremella until the soup is thick. Then, add rock sugar to dissolve.

Osmanthus Tremerra Stewed Snow Pear