Spring is a season when colds are more common, especially symptoms such as lung heat and cough. For spring, combining medicine and food is the best way to regulate. Experts recommend eating some stewed tofu with Fritillaria, which can clear lung heat and have a good therapeutic effect on cough caused by colds.
[Recipe for Stewed Tofu with Fritillaria]
Ingredients: 2 blocks of tofu, 15 grams of Fritillaria, appropriate amount of rock sugar (for one adult serving).
Method: Crush or grind the Fritillaria into coarse powder, put it on top of the tofu together with the rock sugar, put it in a stewing bowl, cover the bowl, simmer over low heat with water for 1 hour, drink the soup and eat the tofu with Fritillaria powder.
[Analysis of Efficacy]
Stewed Tofu with Fritillaria
Stewed Tofu with Fritillaria has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, and relieving cough. It is mainly used for dry and hot cough or cough caused by lung deficiency, with symptoms such as little phlegm, dry throat, unsatisfactory expectoration, long-lasting cough, dry and hard stools, red tongue with little coating, etc. It can be used to treat pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary atelectasis, whooping cough in children, and other conditions with heat and lung damage.
Fritillaria
Fritillaria in the soup refers to the underground bulb of perennial herbaceous plants such as Fritillaria, dark purple Fritillaria, etc. It contains various alkaloids, sterols, and starch. It has a slightly cold and bitter taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, and relieving phlegm. It has good effects on various types of cough and is an essential medicine for relieving phlegm and cough.
Tofu
Tofu has a sweet and slightly cold taste, and can nourish the spleen and stomach, as well as clear heat and moisten dryness. When combined with Fritillaria, it can enhance its ability to clear the lungs and moisten dryness.
Rock Sugar
Rock sugar can moisturize the lungs and generate body fluids to treat dry cough caused by lung dryness. It can also harmonize the taste of Fritillaria and tofu, making the soup taste slightly bitter and sweet, with a moderate balance of taste.
In addition to being eaten with tofu, Fritillaria can also be paired with snow pear, which has a similar effect to Stewed Tofu with Fritillaria, both of which have the effect of moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough.
