During winter, radishes can be used to treat coughs. However, radishes need to be well cooked, and adding a little honey can enhance the taste and texture. What other remedies are there for treating coughs?
【Recipe for Radish with Honey】
There are many ways to prepare this. The first method is to make it into a sauce. Cook the radish until tender, then mix it with honey. When eating, dilute it with warm water. The amount can be adjusted according to personal preference. You can consume it three times a day. Start by taking a white radish, wash and peel it. Cut the radish into small cubes. Take half a bottle of honey and pour the chopped radish into it. After 2 hours, take out a tablespoon of the radish honey juice, dilute it with warm water, and drink it 4-5 times a day. The symptoms of coughing will ease from the next day onwards. This method can also have a certain effect on asthma.
Radish honey juice is a great health tonic. Compared to boiling radish in water, combining white radish with honey can help cleanse toxins from the lungs. Honey is also the best ingredient for protecting the lungs. Radish helps with digestion and ventilation. However, when making white radish honey water, remember that the nutritional components of honey can be easily destroyed at high temperatures. Therefore, it is necessary to add honey after cooking the radish until it is tender. If honey is boiled together with white radish, it will not have the desired effect of treating coughs.
Radish can be used to treat coughs. Many people know that white radish is good for ventilation. However, many people find that eating plain radish is tasteless. In fact, adding a little honey can make it delicious. White radish can assist in treating various diseases. It can help regulate the flow of Qi, transform phlegm, moisten the throat, and relieve coughs. Honey has the effects of nourishing the middle, moisturizing the lungs, lubricating the intestines, detoxifying, and beautifying the skin. The combination of the two is an excellent method for relieving cough symptoms.
【Remedies for Treating Coughs】
1. Ginger, brown sugar, garlic
When suffering from a cold with wind-cold symptoms accompanied by coughing, take 3-5 slices of ginger (1-2 slices for children), 7-10 cloves of garlic (2-3 cloves for children), and half a tablespoon of brown sugar. Boil them together on low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. This method has a good effect.
2. Pear, Sichuan peppercorns, rock sugar
Take a pear, wash it, cut it in half horizontally and remove the core. Put 20 Sichuan peppercorns and 2 pieces of rock sugar inside the pear. Align the upper parts of the pear and put it in a bowl. Steam it for about half an hour. Adults can eat it all at once, while children can eat it in two portions.
Steamed pear with Sichuan peppercorns and rock sugar is very effective in treating coughs caused by wind-cold symptoms.
3. Steamed garlic water
Take 7-10 cloves of garlic (3-5 cloves for children), crush them and put them in a bowl. Add half a bowl of water and one piece of rock sugar. Cover the bowl and steam it in a pot. After boiling on high heat, reduce the heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is no longer hot but warm, drink it. The garlic can be discarded. Drink this 2-3 times a day, with half a bowl each time. Garlic has warm properties and enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating coughs caused by cold and deficiency in the kidneys. This remedy is convenient and simple.
