These three most common Chinese medicines for nourishing yin and moistening the lungs

In autumn, if people want to maintain their health, they need to make relevant preparations to prevent autumn dryness. In various tasks, the choice of nourishing yin and moistening lung methods is very important. Among them, Chinese medicine health care method is the most popular. So, which Chinese medicines can nourish yin and moisten the lungs?

1. Polygonatum odoratum

Polygonatum odoratum is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, relieving restlessness and relieving cough. It is used for symptoms such as damage to yin due to febrile disease, dryness and heat in the lungs and stomach, cough with little sputum, irritability and thirst, fever due to deficiency, easy hunger after eating, frequent urination, cramps and pains due to lack of nourishment to the tendons and veins, yin deficiency of the body, spontaneous sweating due to rheumatism, chills and fever due to fatigue and malaria. "Compendium of Materia Medica" introduces that this medicine is mainly used to treat "wind-heat, spontaneous sweating and burning sensation, fatigue, malaria, chills and fever, spleen and stomach deficiency, frequent urination in men, loss of semen, and all kinds of deficiency."

Modern pharmacological research shows that Polygonatum odoratum can also help lower blood sugar by improving insulin sensitivity, and is particularly suitable for people with diabetes and autumn dryness. The usual dosage is 10-15 grams, decocted in water and drunk as tea, or cooked into porridge with rice.

2. Platycodon grandiflorum

Platycodon grandiflorum is bitter, pungent and slightly warm in nature. It can promote bronchial secretion and has the effects of relieving cough, reducing phlegm, and promoting lung function and discharging pus. It is used for symptoms such as chest pain caused by lung abscess, coughing up pus and blood, and yellow and smelly sputum, and has the effect of discharging pus. For example, the Platycodon Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber uses it together with licorice to discharge pus; Platycodon and White Powder (Platinum, Fritillaria, Croton) is particularly powerful in discharging pus. It is often used with Houttuynia cordata, Coix seed, wax gourd seeds, etc.

10 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum and 100 grams of rice. Select the Platycodon grandiflorum, put it into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, soak for 5-10 minutes, boil it in water to extract the juice, add rice and cook porridge when it is cooked. Take 1 dose per day. It can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. It is suitable for cough caused by lung heat, yellow and sticky phlegm, or dry cough that is difficult to cough up.

3. Dendrobium

Dendrobium is sweet and slightly cold. It can nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, nourish yin and eliminate heat, improve eyesight and remove cataracts. It is especially suitable for people with autumn dryness accompanied by myopia, hyperopia, and mild cataracts. You can take an appropriate amount of Dendrobium (6-12 grams) and Chrysanthemum and boil them together as tea, which has a good effect of improving eyesight and moisturizing dryness. Because the active ingredients in Dendrobium can only work after long-term boiling, the Dendrobium should be boiled for 30 minutes first, and then the chrysanthemum should be added and boiled for 5-10 minutes.

In addition, because this product has the effect of restraining evil, it is not suitable for people who have just caught a cold. Large doses can suppress the heart and breathing, so do not increase the dosage without authorization.