In the proverb, it is said that the face of a child changes three times in a day during spring. In the season of fluctuating temperatures, it is easiest for people to catch a cold and cough. Have you ever heard of spring cough?
During spring, the temperature is higher than in winter, and the breeding of pathogenic microorganisms accelerates. At this time, the body's yang energy is just starting to rise, but the defense ability is not yet strong. In addition, there are various allergens in nature, such as flowers, plants, and dust, which are significantly more abundant than in winter. After the respiratory tract is invaded, coughing and phlegm occur. We call this "spring cough" because it happens during spring.
【Simple Diet Therapy for Cough】
1. Cough due to wind-cold
Ginger, radish, and honey water: 3 slices of ginger, 3-5 slices of white radish, 3 jujubes, 30 grams of honey. Put the ingredients in a pot, add 3-4 bowls of water, and simmer on low heat for about 25-30 minutes. Remove the residue, add honey, and bring to a boil. Serve warm to the child. Ginger dispels wind and cold, radish transforms phlegm and stops coughing, jujube harmonizes the stomach.
Ginger and almond soup: 6 grams of ginger, 10 grams of almonds, 4 grams of salt, 5 grams of licorice. Soak the almonds, remove the outer skin and tip, peel the ginger, and grind it with salt. Grind the licorice into fine powder and stir well. Use boiling water to make a soup and drink it. Almonds stop coughing and relieve asthma, ginger disperses cold and promotes sweating, and licorice eliminates phlegm and stops coughing.
2. Cough due to wind-heat
Mulberry chrysanthemum almond tea: 9 grams of mulberry leaves, 9 grams of chrysanthemum flowers, 6 grams of almonds (crushed into paste). Boil the three ingredients together, extract the juice, and add 15 grams of honey. Drink it warm.
Pear juice: 100 grams of pear (washed and sliced, core removed), 5 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa (crushed), 8 grams of Platycodon grandiflorus. Cook them together in a pot with water for about 10 minutes. Then add 10 grams of chrysanthemum flowers and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove the residue, take the juice, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and drink it warm.
3. Cough due to lung dryness
Tremella pear paste: 10 grams of Tremella (soaked and washed), 100-150 grams of pear (core removed, sliced). Put them together in a pot, add enough water, and simmer until the Tremella becomes soft and the soup thickens. Then add 15 grams of rock sugar and dissolve it. Drink it warm.
Snow pear and white lotus root juice: Peel and remove the core of the snow pear, and take an equal amount of white lotus root. Cut them into small pieces and juice them. Drink the juice as a substitute for tea.
【How to Prevent Spring Cough for High-Risk Groups】
If you have had lung diseases in the past, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and other similar conditions, as well as the elderly and children with weaker resistance, they are high-risk groups for coughing. Therefore, these groups should adapt to the seasonal characteristics and take preventive measures in terms of diet and daily life, such as wearing more clothes. Do not wear thin clothes just because you feel hot, and do not turn on the air conditioner just because you feel hot. These actions are easy to cause a cough due to catching a cold.
If you have allergies, you should also wear a mask when going out and stay away from allergens. In addition, for patients who have recurrent coughs every year, it is recommended to go to the hospital about a month before the recurrence and ask a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe Chinese medicine to regulate the body and enhance resistance to prevent diseases.
