Six dietary remedies can quickly relieve sore throat and cough.

Introduction: As soon as the slight cold solar term arrives, many people will have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection due to the sudden drop in temperature, and sore throat and cough will make patients miserable. If you want to relieve your illness, try the following six dietotherapy methods, which can moisten your throat and relieve cough!

Prescription for treating sore throat and cough

1. Radish honey drink (wind-heat cough)

Ingredients: 5 pieces of white radish, 3 pieces of ginger, 3 pieces of jujube and 30 grams of honey.

Usage: Boil radish, ginger and jujube in water for about 30 minutes, remove residues, add honey and boil. Warm clothing, 1-2 times a day.

The efficacy mainly shows that radish is pungent, sweet and cool, and 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 a strong antibacterial effect on Gram-positive bacteria. Ginger is a commonly used medicine for expelling wind and cold, stopping vomiting and lowering qi, and jujube is often used as a medicine for regulating stomach, nourishing blood and harmonizing. Honey moistens dryness and relieves cough. This drink can dispel wind and relieve cough. For cough due to wind-cold, cough due to wind-cold should be treated.

Precautions: Babies who are weak, prone to colds and coughs, have not been cured for a long time or have been repeatedly delayed can try. But it is not suitable for wind-heat cough and yellow phlegm.

2. Lily honey (moistening lung and relieving cough)

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

Usage: Wash lily, air dry, mix with honey, and steam in a pot. Can be used as a snack for the baby.

Efficacy Indications Lily is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold. Has effect in moistening lung, relieve cough, clearing away heart fire and tranquilizing mind. It contains starch, protein, fat, various alkaloids, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Pharmacological experiments show that its decoction has antitussive effect on children's cough caused by ammonia water and can resist toad spider asthma caused by histamine. It is used with honey to enhance its lung moistening and cough relieving effects. Treating chronic bronchitis, dry throat and cough in infants, especially after autumn, is more suitable for constipation.

Note: Infants with spleen deficiency in loose stool should not be selected. This method is convenient to take and suitable for autumn and winter.

3. Lily Farfara flower drink (relieving cough and resolving phlegm)

Materials: lily 30-60g, farfara 10- 15g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Usage: put the ingredients together in a casserole and boil them into sugar water. Drink water and eat lilies before going to bed after dinner.

Indications: Lily moistens lung and relieves cough. Tussilago farfara is pungent and warm, and has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. The extract of this product can slightly dilate bronchi and relieve spasm caused by histamine. Therefore, it has the functions of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma. The combination of the two drugs has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, lowering qi and resolving phlegm. Treat chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma (remission stage), cough in autumn and winter, dry throat and persistent cough in children.

Note: This drink is suitable for cough in autumn and winter, especially for those with excessive phlegm. Not as effective as bronchial asthma or spastic bronchitis, but it can be used as an adjuvant treatment.

4. Steamed pears with Fritillaria cirrhosa (for phlegm and dry throat)

Ingredients: Sydney or Yali pear 1 piece, 6 grams of Fritillaria, 20 grams of rock sugar.

Usage: Cut the pear into stalks, hollow out the core, and grind Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae into powder. Put it in Sydney and fix the handle with a toothpick. Add rock sugar and a little water to an enlarged bowl and steam for half an hour. Steamed pears and Fritillaria cirrhosa are eaten together.

Efficacy Indicating Fritillaria is a good medicine for resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is compatible with Sydney and crystal sugar to achieve the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and nourishing yin. Treat chronic cough, excessive phlegm, dry throat, shortness of breath and fatigue.

Note: Common remedies. Infants with chronic cough, mostly chronic bronchitis, are mild in nature and taste, and are suitable for weak children with chronic cough. It is not suitable for people with exogenous diseases. In this prescription, the authentic medicinal material Fritillaria cirrhosa is selected, and the effect is good.

5. Stewed rock sugar in Sydney (for dry cough without phlegm)

Materials: 65438+ 0-2 Sydney, 30-60g rock sugar.

Usage: Peel and core Sydney, put it in a porcelain cup with rock sugar, and stew it in water until the rock sugar melts. Eat pears and drink juice, and eat after meals.

Efficacy: Pear can moisten lung, clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Can be used with rock sugar to enhance the efficacy of moistening lung and relieving cough. Treat lung dry cough, dry cough without phlegm, dry mouth and dry throat.

Precautions: Cough with phlegm is not suitable, and people with spleen deficiency and phlegm dampness should use it with caution.

6. Vinegar drinks (for sore throat and cough)

Appropriate amount of white vinegar.

Usage: Boil the vinegar and cool it for later use. Take a spoonful at a time and swallow it slowly, several times a day.

Efficacy: It is mainly used to treat sour and sweet vinegar, and has the functions of removing blood stasis, detoxicating and reducing swelling. Can be used for treating pharyngitis and cough, and has the effect of eliminating throat itching.

Note: This method can sometimes achieve unexpected results. But it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness and joint pain. If you recover, eating too much will hurt your teeth and stomach.