8 foods to moisten the lungs and relieve coughs due to dryness in autumn

　　8 kinds of foods to nourish the lungs in autumn:

　　Pomegranate

　　It has the effect of promoting fluid production and relieving polydipsia. For those with insufficient body fluids, dry mouth and throat, you can drink pomegranate juice or decoction, which can clear away heat, detoxify, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

　　Tofu

　　It has the effect of clearing away heat and moisturizing. "Yilin Zhuan Yao" says: "Tofu clears away heat, relieves cough and eliminates phlegm. ”Fan cough It is especially suitable for those with wind-heat or lung-heat.

　　white radish

　　Radish is a cruciferous herbaceous plant with a mild and slightly cold nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and digestion, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, smoothing qi and facilitating bowel movements, producing body fluids and quenching thirst, and tonifying and calming the internal organs.

　　winter melon

　　Winter melon is cool in nature, can eliminate phlegm and clear away heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Winter melon moistens the lungs, eliminates heat and phlegm, and relieves coughs. ”Anyone suffering from wind-heat cough or lung-heat cough should choose winter melon simmering soup.

　　pear

　　It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It can be eaten raw, juiced, stewed or made into ointment. It has a good therapeutic effect on lung-heat cough, measles, elderly cough, bronchitis and other diseases.

　　If taken together with water chestnut, honey, sugar cane, etc. juice, the effect will be better.

　　almond

　　In autumn, it is easy for autumn dryness to consume body fluids, causing dry mouth and throat pain. Almonds can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, and have a certain relieving effect on dry cough without phlegm and long-term cough due to lung deficiency.

　　Almonds are divided into sweet almonds and bitter almonds. Among them, sweet almonds have a better lung-moistening effect.

　　lily

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lily can nourish the heart and lungs. Cough due to lung deficiency, dry cough without phlegm, or feeling dry in autumn and winter cold Anyone with a cough is suitable to eat lily.

　　There are many ways to eat lily. It can be eaten as a dish, such as stir-frying lily with shepherd's purse. Cut the shepherd's purse into pieces and stir-fry it with lily petals. It is a delicacy, especially suitable for patients with lung diseases.

　　Loofah

　　Luffa is good at clearing away heat and reducing phlegm, which is especially suitable for those with hot cough who have a lot of phlegm and thick yellow phlegm. This is because the plant mucus of loofah contains a kind of saponin, which has the effect of removing phlegm and reducing phlegm.

　　People with cough caused by lung heat or wind-heat attacking the lungs and often vomiting purulent phlegm should take loofah decoction.