Which soups can clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough? Which soups are good for the lungs?

Autumn is a season of bountiful harvest and also a very cool season. However, autumn is particularly dry. So what are the soups for clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough in autumn?

1. Black bean and pear pork ribs soup

Ingredients: two pears, half a bowl of black beans, 500 grams of pork ribs, 3 slices of ginger, and 8 bowls of water.

Preparation: Wash the black beans and soak them in water for 2-3 hours; wash the pears, peel and core them, and cut each into 4 pieces; wash the wolfberries and soak them for a while; wash the ribs, cut them into pieces, blanch them in water, pick them up and rinse them; boil water, add all the ingredients, cook on high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer on low heat for one and a half hours, add salt to taste and serve.

Efficacy: Black beans are a good beauty product for women. Black beans, pears and pork ribs can be boiled into soup and eaten regularly to effectively improve skin problems such as dull complexion, pigmentation, dark circles, oily and red face, acne, etc. It can treat weak, gray hair, fatigue and weakness caused by deficiency of lung yin.

2. Apricot and Papaya Soup

Ingredients: 500 grams of papaya (about 90% ripe), 20 grams of southern apricots, 5 grams of northern apricots, and 250 grams of rock sugar.

Preparation: Soak and peel the Chinese and Southern apricots, boil them in boiling water for a while, and wash them (i.e. blanch them); wash the papaya, peel and remove the seeds, cut it into chess pieces, put it in a stewing pot, then add the Chinese and Southern apricots, rock sugar, 900 ml of cold boiled water (about 3 bowls), cover and stew for 1.5 hours.

Efficacy: Papaya is first-rate whether eaten as a fruit or in soups during the dry autumn and winter months, and is worthy of the reputation of "the best fruit of Lingnan". Almonds can reduce phlegm and relieve cough. Among them, southern apricot kernels are sweet and moist, especially good at nourishing the skin and moistening the intestines, while northern apricot kernels are sweet and spicy, and are good at regulating the lungs and relieving qi. Stewing papaya with northern and southern apricots is ideal for occasional consumption in autumn and winter, as it has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.

3. Stewed Beef Shank with Ginkgo, Lily, and Red Dates

Ingredients: 50 grams each of ginkgo and lily, 10 red dates, 400 grams of beef, 1/5 of tangerine peel, and 3 slices of ginger.

Preparation method: Peel the ginkgo nuts and pit the red dates, soak them with the lily bulbs and tangerine peel separately; wash the beef, cut into pieces, put them into a clay pot, add 2000 ml (about 8 bowls) of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt.

Efficacy: Ginkgo can nourish the lungs, calm asthma and cough, stop leukorrhea, reduce urination, reduce inflammation and disinfect. Lily can nourish the middle and replenish qi, warm the lungs and relieve cough, nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, nourish the heart and calm the mind, moisturize the skin, and promote lactation. Red dates can replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisten the heart and lungs, relieve yin and blood, produce body fluids, improve complexion, help the twelve meridians and harmonize hundreds of medicines. When combined into a soup, it is delicious and tasty. It can replenish blood, nourish yin, moisturize the skin, moisten the lungs and replenish qi, and stop wheezing.