What is the best food to relieve phlegm and cough?

Because of colds or some chronic diseases, coughs often last for a long time, which will have a great impact on health. In daily life, you should eat some foods that can eliminate phlegm and relieve coughs. There are many foods of this kind. The most common one is persimmon, which has a good effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. In addition, pears, peanuts, soy milk, etc. can all play a certain therapeutic effect. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

What is the best food to relieve phlegm and cough?

1. Persimmon

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that persimmon is cold in nature, sweet and slightly astringent, and enters the lung, spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has many functions such as moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening the intestines, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. For people who suffer from autumn dryness, cough and phlegm, eating some persimmons can effectively moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm. But it is worth mentioning that for patients with constipation, astringent persimmons should not be eaten. If the persimmon skin is astringent, it is best to peel it before eating. Because astringent foods are mostly rich in tannic acid, an astringent substance that has an astringent effect on stool, which can easily cause dry and hard stools and aggravate constipation symptoms. After peeling, the dietary fiber and pectin in the persimmon flesh can effectively soften the stool and relieve constipation symptoms.

2. Peanuts

Peanuts contain a large amount of protein and unsaturated fatty acids, which have the effects of strengthening the body and replenishing deficiency, soothing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, stopping bleeding and promoting lactation, clearing the throat and stopping malaria. They can also enhance memory and help improve the baby's memory, which is of great benefit to the baby. Therefore, people with lung deficiency, regardless of lung qi deficiency or lung yin deficiency, are suitable to boil peanuts in water and eat them, and they should not be fried before eating.

3. Soy milk

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soy milk has the effects of diuresis, moisturizing dryness, clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm, and is very suitable for drinking in autumn. Soy milk contains female hormones similar to those in the human body, which helps to make the skin smooth and fair and also maintain the body shape. Soy milk is high in unsaturated fatty acids and fiber, and its lecithin can improve the brain, regulate blood lipids, increase calcium and bone density, and improve menopausal symptoms after menopause. In addition to traditional soybean milk, there are many varieties of soy milk, such as these 4 foods: red dates, wolfberries, mung beans, and lilies, which are the perfect partners for soy milk! Drinking it in autumn and winter can nourish the skin, drive away the cold and warm the body.

4. Radish

Every night, cut half of the radish into slices and boil it in clean water. After the radish is cooked, filter the soup with a teacup or small bowl and drink it. Drink it for a few days in a row and your cough will gradually heal.

5. Pear

Pears are one of the most common fruits in our season. Pears have the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. Pears can be steamed or boiled. During the preparation process, other foods or medicines can be added to enhance the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Among them, the most commonly used is Sichuan Fritillary Rock Sugar Pear.

6. Steamed Fritillaria scabra with turtle nourishes yin and lungs

5 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 1 turtle (about 500 grams), 1 kilogram of chicken broth, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, pepper, cooking wine, and salt. Kill the turtle, remove its head and internal organs, and cut into pieces for later use. Place the turtle pieces in a steaming pot, add Fritillaria, salt, cooking wine, pepper, onion and ginger, steam for 1 hour and serve while hot.

What is the best food to relieve phlegm and cough? The above introduces some foods that can reduce phlegm and relieve cough. In fact, many foods have good expectorant and cough-relieving effects, such as pears, persimmons, loquats, etc., which are all foods that come out in summer and autumn, so don’t worry, there are still many foods that can reduce phlegm. There are still many choices.