Summer is here, but many people are experiencing coughing and phlegm. Autumn pear paste is a traditional medicinal food with excellent lung moisturizing and cough suppressing effects. Can it be consumed in summer?
Can You Drink Autumn Pear Paste in Summer?
Yes, you can.
Autumn pear paste is a traditional medicinal food with a sweet and cool taste. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moisturizing the lungs, producing body fluids, reducing internal heat, and relieving cough and phlegm. It has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, sticky phlegm, chest fullness, dry mouth and throat, and hoarseness caused by yin deficiency and lung heat. As long as you have the above discomfort symptoms, you can drink autumn pear paste in summer.
How to Drink Autumn Pear Paste in Summer
1. Take 1-2 spoonfuls of autumn pear paste into a cup.
2. Add an appropriate amount of warm water (add according to personal taste).
3. Stir well and drink.
4. It can also be consumed directly without adding warm water.
5. It can also be added to milk or soy milk for consumption.
Which Season is Best to Drink Autumn Pear Paste?
You can drink it all year round, but it is especially beneficial in autumn and winter.
Autumn pear paste is commonly used in clinical practice to treat respiratory diseases caused by heat and dryness, such as lung heat with restlessness and thirst, dry and stuffy stool, lung yin deficiency, coughing up white phlegm, and coughing up blood. As long as you have the above discomfort symptoms, you can drink it in any season. If it is used for respiratory system and throat health, it is recommended to drink it more in autumn and winter. The climate in autumn and winter is dry, which has a greater impact on the respiratory system. Taking autumn pear paste can prevent or improve discomfort symptoms in the throat.
What to Pay Attention to When Drinking Autumn Pear Paste
1. Pay attention to the dosage
It is generally recommended to take 1-2 spoonfuls of autumn pear paste each time, 2-3 times a day. Do not take a large amount, as the cold nature of autumn pear paste may stimulate the stomach and cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. Avoid long-term use
It is recommended to stop taking autumn pear paste when your symptoms improve. The sweet and cool nature of autumn pear paste may weaken the body's yang energy if taken for a long time or may cause weakness of the spleen and stomach function.
3. Avoid taking during menstruation
It is suggested for women to avoid taking autumn pear paste during menstruation because the cool nature of autumn pear paste may affect the discharge of menstrual blood, leading to blood clots or aggravating menstrual pain and other discomfort.
Contraindications for Drinking Autumn Pear Paste
1. People with wind-cold cough
Autumn pear paste is effective in treating lung deficiency with prolonged cough, dry cough, and yin deficiency cough. However, for people with wind-cold cough, drinking autumn pear paste will not relieve cough symptoms but may worsen cough and phlegm discomfort.
2. People with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold
The cold nature of autumn pear paste is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold. Otherwise, it may aggravate symptoms such as cold hands and feet, poor digestion, and loose stools.
3. People with diabetes
The ingredients in autumn pear paste, such as snow pear, rock sugar, or honey, contain a large amount of sugar. Taking it may directly increase the blood sugar level in the body for people with diabetes.
