When the body is hit by cold air, it keeps coughing. What should I do?

Many people will cough when the weather gets colder. It’s normal. Don’t worry too much. You can try the following folk remedies: 1. Radish honey drink (treating cough)

Ingredients: white radish 5 slices, 3 slices of ginger, 3 jujubes, and 30 grams of honey.

How to prepare and consume: add radish, ginger, and jujube to an appropriate amount of water and boil for about 30 minutes, remove the residue, add honey, and boil again.

Take it warmly. 1 to 2 times a day.

Efficacy and Indications: Radish is pungent, sweet, and cool in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Its alcohol extract has strong antibacterial effect against Gram-positive bacteria. Ginger is a commonly used medicine to dispel wind and cold, relieve vomiting and reduce qi. Jujube is mostly used to harmonize the stomach, nourish blood and coordinate medicines. Honey moistens dryness and relieves cough. This drink can relieve cold and relieve cough.

To treat colds and coughs, it is appropriate to treat colds and coughs.

Note: People who are weak and prone to colds and coughs are not suitable for use if they have wind-heat cough and yellow phlegm.

2 Lily Honey (Specialized for Cough)

Ingredients: 60 grams of lily, 30 grams of honey.

How to prepare and serve: Wash and dry the lily, mix it with honey, put it into a pot and steam it until cooked.

This honey lily can be used as a snack for babies to eat.

Effects and Indications: Lily is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, clearing the heart and calming the nerves. Contains starch, protein, fat, various alkaloids, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients. Pharmacological tests show that its decoction has an antitussive effect on children's cough caused by ammonia, and can combat toad spider asthma caused by histamine. Use it with honey to enhance its effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

It is more suitable for treating chronic bronchitis, dry throat cough in infants, especially dry cough after autumn, and those accompanied by constipation.

Note: This method is convenient to take and is suitable for use in autumn and winter.

3 Lily Coltsfoot Flower Drink (Specialized for Cough)

Ingredients: 30 to 60 grams of lily, 10 to 15 grams of coltsfoot flower, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

How to prepare and serve: Put the ingredients together in a casserole and boil them into sugar water.

Drink water and eat lily, preferably after dinner and before going to bed.

Effects and Indications: Lily moistens the lungs and relieves cough. Butterbur flower is pungent and warm, has the effect of moistening the lungs and lowering qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. The extract of this product can slightly dilate the bronchi and has an antispasmodic effect on spasms caused by histamine. Therefore, it has the effects of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma. The combination of the two medicines has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, lowering qi and resolving phlegm.

Treat infants' chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma (remission period), cough in autumn and winter, dry and sore throat, and persistent cough.

Note: This drink is suitable for people with coughs in autumn and winter, with a little phlegm. It is not as effective as the medicine for bronchial asthma or spastic bronchitis, but it can be used as an auxiliary treatment.

4 Water chestnut and lily soup (special treatment: cough)

Ingredients: 30 grams of water chestnuts (water chestnuts), 1 gram of lily, 1 snow pear, appropriate amount of rock sugar.

How to prepare and serve: wash, peel and mash water chestnuts, wash pears, cut into pieces with skins and remove cores, wash lilies, mix the three

add water and boil. Then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook until the soup is cooked and thick.

Serve warm.

Efficacy and Indications: Water chestnuts are sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. They can clear away heat and promote fluid production, cool blood and detoxify, resolve phlegm and eliminate accumulation. They contain starch, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C and water chestnuts. Water chestnuts and other ingredients, water chestnuts have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; pears can clear away heat and promote fluid production, moisturize dryness and resolve phlegm; lilies can moisturize the lungs and relieve coughs. The combination of the three can nourish yin and moisturize dryness, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Treatment of cough caused by phlegm-heat, yellow and thick phlegm, and throat discomfort.

Note: It should not be used by those with spleen deficiency, loose stools, and thin phlegm.

5 Fritillaria Fritillaria Steamed Pears (Specialized for: Cough)

Ingredients: One snow pear or Yali, 6 grams of Fritillary Fritillaria, 20 grams of rock sugar.

How to prepare and consume: Cut the pear at the handle, hollow out and remove the core, grind Fritillaria fritillary into powder. Put it into the pear and use toothpicks to fix the handle. Put rock sugar in a large bowl, add a small amount of water, and steam for half an hour.

Eat the steamed pears together with the fritillary fritillary.

Efficacy and Indications: Fritillaria is a good medicine for resolving phlegm and relieving cough. When used together with snow pear and rock sugar, it can reduce phlegm and relieve cough, moisten the lungs and nourish yin.

Treatment of long-term cough that does not heal, resulting in excessive phlegm, dry throat, shortness of breath and fatigue.

Note: Commonly used folk prescriptions. Long-term cough in infants is mostly caused by chronic bronchitis. This prescription has a mild nature and flavor, and it should not be used by those with external symptoms. This recipe uses the authentic medicinal material Fritillaria fritillaris, which has excellent effects.

6 Vinegar Drink (Specialized for Cough)

Ingredients: Appropriate amount of white vinegar.

How to make and take it: Boil the vinegar, let it cool and set aside.

Take a small spoonful each time and swallow slowly, several times a day.

Efficacy and Indications: Vinegar is sour, sweet, and neutral in nature. It has the functions of dispersing blood stasis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Used to treat pharyngitis and cough, its effect is to eliminate throat itching. The patient is seen coughing due to itching, especially when exposed to wind. As the saying goes, "If it itches, you will cough, and you can't stop it."

Note: This method can sometimes produce unexpected results. However, it is not suitable for those with spleen deficiency and dampness, and those with bone and joint pain.

The disease will stop as soon as the disease is cured. Eating too much will damage the teeth and stomach.

7 Walnut Duck (Specialized for: Cough)

Ingredients: 200 grams of walnut kernels, 150 grams of water chestnuts, 1 old duck, 100 grams of chicken puree, egg white (1 ).

How to prepare and serve: Slaughter the duck, remove its internal organs, wash it, soak it in boiling water and put it in a basin. Add onion, ginger and a little MSG, steam until cooked, take out and let cool, remove bones and cut into pieces. Grind walnut kernels and water chestnuts into fine pieces, mix with chicken puree, egg white, and a little wet powder to form a paste. Pour the paste on the duck body, fry in oil until crispy, remove and control the oil and serve.

Eat with meals.

Efficacy and Indications: Walnut kernels are sweet in taste and warm in nature. They can nourish the kidneys and yang, strengthen the lungs, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. They are rich in fatty oils, large amounts of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, and vitamin B1. , B2, sugar and other ingredients. Water chestnuts are sweet in taste and cold in nature. They can clear away heat, promote fluid production, resolve phlegm and eliminate accumulation. Duck meat is sweet in taste and slightly cool in nature. It can nourish yin and blood and clear away heat. "Yilin Zhuanyao" says: "It can remove labor fever, so it can cure cough." It contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1 , B2, B5, etc. This meal can nourish the kidneys, warm the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Treatment of chronic cough due to kidney deficiency in infants, with thin sputum, restless breath, frailty and sickness, and worsening cough and asthma in autumn and winter. For chronic tracheitis and bronchial asthma (remission period).

Note: This meal is good at tonic and is suitable for deficient coughs. It should not be used if the baby is suffering from external infection or coughing with thick phlegm, or is in the fever period.

8 Jianhua Pig Lung Decoction (special treatment: cough)

Ingredients: 25-30 grams of Jianhua, 1 pig lung.

How to prepare and serve: wash the pig lungs, squeeze out the foam, cut into pieces, heat up the pan, add ginger and stir-fry before putting it in a casserole. Add apricots and mulberry bark, and cook together to make a soup. Season and drink the soup. Pork lungs can be used as accompaniments. Soak the sword flowers in water until soft, remove the sediment, and cook them together with the pig lungs for 1 to 2 hours.

Drink the soup after seasoning, and the rest can be eaten with food.

Effects and Indications: Sword Flower, also known as Overlord Flower, has a sweet and slightly cold nature and taste. It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, and relieving cough. It is commonly used to treat tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis, and mumps. Combined with pig lung, it can clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Used to treat cough due to dryness of the lungs and bad breath in autumn and winter.

Note: This recipe is a commonly used folk recipe. Mainly suitable for those with dryness of the lungs and phlegm-fire,

9 Nanxing Mulberry Baizhu Fei Decoction (special treatment: cough)

Ingredients: 15-20 grams of Nanxing, Mulberry 15 grams of white skin and 1 pig lung (about 250 grams).

How to prepare and serve: wash the pig lungs, squeeze out the foam, cut into pieces, heat the pan, add ginger and stir-fry in a casserole. Add apricots and mulberry bark, and cook together to make a soup. Season and drink the soup. Pork lungs can be used as accompaniments.

Efficacy and Indications: Pig lung is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and has the effect of nourishing the lungs and moisturizing dryness. South apricot is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It is a commonly used medicine for relieving lungs and moistening dryness, relieving cough and asthma. Morus alba bark is sweet and cold in nature and flavor, and can purge the lungs and relieve asthma. Pharmacological research shows that the large amount of sodium chloride it excretes has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and influenza virus. This soup moistens the lungs and relieves cough.

Treatment of dry cough caused by lung dryness, dry mouth and nose, little or no phlegm.

Note: This meal is a commonly used folk recipe and is generally taken after autumn. Not only can it be cured, but it also has the effect of preventing dryness of the lungs. Infants who are not sick can also eat it regularly

10 Adenophora, Yuzhu, Lotus Seed and Lily Decoction (Specialized for Cough)

Ingredients: Adenophora 50 grams of ginseng, 25 grams each of Polygonatum odoratum, lotus seeds, and lily, and 1 egg.

How to make and take the medicine: Wash the adenophora, Polygonatum odorifera, lotus seeds, and lilies, put them into the pot with the eggs in their shells, simmer for half an hour, take out the eggs, remove the shells, and simmer until the medicine is soft and rotten. .

If you eat eggs and drink soup, you can add sugar to taste.

Efficacy and Indications: The Chinese medicines used in this soup are all products that moisten the lungs and nourish yin, strengthen the spleen and stomach, especially eggs, which not only have high dietary value, but also can nourish yin and relieve troubles, benefit blood and calm the mind. It can treat lung and stomach yin injury, aphonia and sore throat. Therefore, this meal can nourish yin, clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

It is used to treat chronic cough caused by qi deficiency, dry cough due to dryness of the lungs, low cough sound, less phlegm, weak body, less food, dry mouth and thirst.

Note: It should not be used by those with spleen deficiency and excessive dampness or excessive heat and phlegm, as well as those with body heat and bad breath.

11 Adenophora, Polygonatum, Lotus Seed and Lily Decoction (Specialized for Cough)

Ingredients: 50 grams of Adenophora, 25 grams each of Polygonatum, lotus seeds, and lily, 1 egg.

How to make and take the medicine: Wash the adenophora, Polygonatum odorifera, lotus seeds, and lilies, put them into the pot with the eggs in their shells, simmer for half an hour, take out the eggs, remove the shells, and simmer until the medicine is soft and rotten. .

If you eat eggs and drink soup, you can add sugar to taste.

Efficacy and Indications: The Chinese medicines used in this soup are all products that moisten the lungs and nourish yin, strengthen the spleen and stomach, especially eggs, which not only have high dietary value, but also can nourish yin and relieve troubles, benefit blood and calm the mind. It can treat lung and stomach yin injury, aphonia and sore throat. Therefore, this meal can nourish yin, clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

It is used to treat chronic cough due to Qi deficiency, dry cough caused by lung dryness, low cough sound, less phlegm, weak body, less food, dry mouth and thirst.

Note: It should not be used by those with spleen deficiency and excessive dampness or excessive heat and phlegm, as well as those with body heat and bad breath.

12 Luffa porridge (special treatment: cough)

Ingredients: 500 grams of loofah, 100 grams of japonica rice, 15 grams of dried shrimps, appropriate amount of ginger and green onion.

How to prepare and serve: Wash and cut the loofah into pieces and set aside. Cook the japonica rice into porridge, and when it is cooked, add loofah, dried shrimps and other ingredients.

For breakfast and dinner.

Efficacy and Indications: Luffa is sweet in taste and cool in nature. It can clear away heat and phlegm, cool blood, and detoxify. It contains saponins, luffa citrulline, xylan, fat, protein, vitamin E and other ingredients.

Used equally with japonica rice and dried shrimps, it has the effects of clearing away heat and soothing the stomach, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

"Used to treat chronic bronchitis, cough and asthma, or fever and polydipsia, yellow and thick phlegm, and sore throat." It can also be used to treat the initial onset of carbuncle or the late onset of heat and poison after illness.

Note: Because luffa is cold and slippery, it should be used with caution in frail infants or those with spleen and stomach yang deficiency who often suffer from loose stools and diarrhea. If you have a sore throat or are used to treat carbuncle, you should reduce the amount of dried shrimps.

13 Sydney stewed with rock sugar

Ingredients: 1 to 2 Sydney pears, 30 to 60 grams of rock sugar.

How to prepare and serve: Peel and core the snow pears, place them with rock sugar in a porcelain cup, and simmer over water until the rock sugar melts.

Eat pears and drink juice after dinner.

Efficacy and Indications: Pears moisten the lungs, clear away heat, produce body fluids and quench thirst. Used together with rock sugar, they can enhance the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.

Treatment of dry cough, dry cough without phlegm, dry lips and dry throat.

Note: It is not suitable for those who cough and have phlegm. Use with caution for those with spleen deficiency and phlegm dampness.

Take Xingsu Gao if you feel cold and cough. Method: Take an appropriate amount of flour, ferment it, and knead it into 3-5 pieces; soak 15 grams of almonds, peel them, grind them into powder, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, mix well, sprinkle it on the cake surface, and add 3-5 pieces of fresh perilla leaves. Wash it and cover it on the cake, put it in a pot and steam it. Eat it after it is cooked, 1 to 2 times a day.

When you first get a wind-heat cough, you can try using honeysuckle to make eggs: 1 egg, break it into a bowl; add 15 grams of honeysuckle to 200 ml of water, boil for 5 minutes, use the juice to mix with the eggs, and take it once while it is hot. over.

You can take walnut and ginseng soup when you have a cough due to qi deficiency: 20 grams of walnut meat (not peeled), 6 grams of ginseng, 3 ginger slices, add an appropriate amount of water and fry together, take 200 ml of juice, remove the ginger, add A little rock sugar. Once a day, take warm before going to bed. Do not take it when there is a lot of phlegm or blood in the phlegm.

For yin deficiency and cough, use 30 grams of glutinous rice, 10 grams of almonds, 15 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, and 10 grams of aristolochia. First fry the almonds and aristolochia in water, remove the residue, take the juice and cook it with the glutinous rice, and boil the donkey-hide gelatin. Make it into juice, mix it into porridge, add rock sugar and take it.

For phlegm-dampness and cough, take perilla, tuckahoe, and barley rice porridge: 15 grams of perilla, 60 grams of barley, and 15 grams of tuckahoe powder. Cook the porridge and take it every night. Wrap perilla seeds in clean gauze and discard them when eating.

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Dietary therapy for cough in children

1. Polygonatum porridge: 15g of fresh Polygonatum odorifera, double the amount, and 50g of japonica rice. Usage: Wash the Polygonatum odorifera, chop it into pieces, add water to decoct the juice and remove the residue, and use the Polygonatum odoratum juice to cook the porridge (water should be added to cook the porridge). Take it warmly twice a day in the morning and evening. One week is a course of treatment, and the second course of treatment is given after 1 week.

2. Lily pear sugar: 10g of lily (fresh lily is better, double the dosage), 1 pear, 15g of white sugar. Wash the lilies and slice the pears. Mix lily, pear and sugar into a bowl, steam until cooked, let cool and take once. 2 times a day.

3. Peanuts in a pot with rock sugar: 100-150g peanuts, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the peanuts, add rock sugar and water and cook together. Eat the peanuts and drink the soup three times a day.

4. Tremella soup: 5g Tremella, 1 egg, 60g rock sugar, appropriate amount of lard. Soak the white fungus in warm water for about 30 minutes. After it is cooked through, remove the impurities, wash and divide it into slices. Then add an appropriate amount of water to boil, and fry over a slow fire for another 2 hours until the white fungus is cooked. Boil the rock sugar in additional water, beat in the eggs, add a little water and mix well, then bring to a boil and stir, pour the egg sugar juice into the white fungus pot, and add a little lard when you start the pot.

5. Sugarcane pulp porridge: some fresh sugar cane, 50g japonica rice. Add 400ml of japonica rice and cook it into gruel, then wash and chop the fresh sugar cane, extract about 150ml of juice, add it to the gruel and serve. Take it 2 times a day, morning and evening.

6. Garlic white sugar juice: 15g garlic head, 30g white sugar. Peel the garlic head, mash it, add about 500ml of sugar and boiling water, soak it for 5 hours and then take it. Take 1 dose a day, divided into 3 times, for 4 to 5 days.

7. Pine nut porridge: 20g pine nuts, 50g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of honey. Pound the pine nuts into a puree, add 500ml of water together with the glutinous rice, cook over a slow fire until it becomes a thick porridge, and then add honey. Take 2 warm meals in the morning and evening.