How to relieve a cough

In daily life, many people will suffer from symptoms of cold, fever or cough due to their own carelessness. Take the problem of coughing for example. There are many reasons that cause coughing, but many people get injections or intravenous drips as soon as they cough a little. In fact, their immunity is greatly reduced. Some people don’t take it seriously at all, which delays treatment and even causes pneumonia.

Coughing is already a very uncomfortable thing for many people. If you don't pay more attention to your diet, the condition will definitely get worse. Therefore, it is important for everyone to know how to relieve cough and how to supplement nutrition.

Patients with phlegm-heat cough have mostly yellow sputum. They should eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, and foods that nourish yin and promote the production of body fluids, such as radish, pear, loofah, loquat, orange, lily, honey, white fungus, etc. Avoid eating fried, deep-fried, or spicy foods that can damage yin and cause dryness, such as chili peppers, garlic, onions, coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, Coca-Cola, etc. It is advisable to eat less fatty, greasy and irritating foods, such as chicken, fish, mutton, dog meat, sea fish, clams, crabs, shrimps, etc., to avoid promoting dampness and producing phlegm.

The sputum of a cold cough is usually white, clear and thin. You should be careful about eating raw, cold, fatty and greasy foods.

Maintain a regular lifestyle, combine work and rest, and avoid staying up late.

Strengthen physical exercise and improve physical fitness, such as practicing Ba Duan Jin, Tai Chi, breathing exercises, swimming, mountain climbing, jogging, etc.

Steamed pear with rock sugar and red dates (cough remedy)

Ingredients: 3 Fengshui pears, 6 red dates, 6-7 wolfberries, 80 grams of rock sugar

Method: Steam

Method: 1. Wash the pears. The method of washing pears is the same as that of washing apples. First, soak the pears in water, sprinkle salt on the surface, rub them back and forth with both hands, and then rinse them clean. See tips for cleaning apples

2. Use a fruit knife to cut off 1/4 of the top of the pear.

3. Use a small spoon to dig out the pear core in the middle.

4. Crush the rock sugar and put it in the middle of the pear.

5. Add the soaked red dates and wolfberries. Put two red dates and 2 or 3 wolfberries in the middle of each pear.

6. Put it in the steamer and steam on medium heat for about 20 minutes.

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that there are many ways to relieve cough, usually by eating some expectorant fruits and vegetables, etc. Knowing this, family members can control cough symptoms by eating some delicious food. Once the symptoms are serious, they need to go to the hospital for professional treatment and take medicine to relieve them.