These three Chinese medicines are the most effective for clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm

In the autumn season, if people want to stay healthy, they can choose Chinese medicine or food that has the effect of clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm. So, what are the traditional Chinese medicines that can clear the lungs and resolve phlegm?

1. Ophiopogon japonicus

Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, cold and moist in nature. It has the function of nourishing yin, producing body fluid, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart. It is good at nourishing the yin of the lungs and stomach, and clearing the heat of the heart meridian. It is a tonic medicine with both nourishing and clearing effects. The usual dosage is 10~15 grams. It can also be made into pills, powders, or pastes, or brewed into tea for drinking. Traditionally, it is believed that Ophiopogon japonicus is used to nourish yin and moisten the lungs, benefit the stomach and produce body fluids, while Ophiopogon japonicus is used to clear the heart and relieve restlessness.

In clinical practice, Ophiopogon japonicus is often used in combination with ginseng and Schisandra chinensis to enhance the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness. It is used to treat symptoms such as itchy throat, cough without sputum, thirst and dry throat, and dry intestines and constipation caused by insufficient lung yin.

2. Fritillaria cirrhosa

Chuanbei has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, dispersing nodules and reducing swelling. "Bencao Huiyan" states that: "Fritillaria is a medicine that relieves depression, relieves gas, and resolves phlegm. It can moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm, and relieve cough and asthma." It is mostly used to relieve dry cough. Chuanbei tastes sweet, bitter and slightly cold in nature, and is effective in treating yin deficiency and dry cough.

If you have a cough due to lung dryness and yin deficiency, and there is blood in the sputum, you can use 3 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and water, simmer over low heat for 1 hour before drinking. In order to alleviate the bitterness, many people often steam it in pears; or when cooking porridge, take 200 ml of rice soup, add Sichuan Fritillaria and rock sugar and stew it in water. Chuanbei can also be used to make soup with lean meat, and the daily dosage is usually less than 10 grams.

3. Coltsfoot

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coltsfoot flowers are pungent and warm in nature, enter the lung meridian, and have the functions of moistening the lungs, lowering qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. This product is pungent and moist in nature, warm but not dry. It is a good medicine for moistening the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and is suitable for various coughs and asthma. It can be used for coughs caused by external factors, internal injuries, cold coughs, or hot coughs, so it is known as the important medicine for treating coughs. However, it is characterized by being warm but not hot, pungent but not dry, and sweet but not stagnant. Therefore, it is most suitable for coughs caused by long-term lung deficiency and coughs caused by lung cold and excessive phlegm.

Coltsfoot flowers are often used after being roasted with honey, which is called roasted coltsfoot flowers, to enhance their effects in moistening the lungs, relieving cough and relieving asthma. In clinical practice, winterflower is often used in combination with other medicines to enhance the efficacy. For example, winterflower focuses on relieving cough, while aster focuses on removing phlegm. In cough-relieving prescriptions, the two medicines are often used in combination to achieve the effect of removing phlegm and relieving cough. If it is used with ephedra, apricot kernel, and perilla seed, it is called Kuantong Dingchuan Decoction, which is used to treat phlegm, cough and asthma that occur when exposed to cold, and it has a very good effect.