Traditional Chinese medicine believes that persimmon is cold, sweet and slightly astringent, and belongs to lung, spleen, stomach and large intestine. It has many functions, such as moistening lung and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, astringing intestine to stop dysentery, invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening intestine, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. For people with dry cough and phlegm in autumn, eating persimmons can effectively moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm.

2. Siraitia grosvenorii:

Siraitia grosvenorii, known as the "fairy fruit", has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing voice and moistening lung, and removing bad breath, especially for hoarseness, dry throat and thirst caused by excessive alcohol and tobacco. And improve diabetes.

It can protect the throat and treat hoarseness, cough discomfort and sore throat caused by wind-heat invading the lungs. Can be used for treating lung fire, dry cough, sore throat, aphonia, intestinal dryness, constipation, etc.

3, white radish:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white radish belongs to gold, corresponding to the lungs in the five internal organs. Sweet, flat and pungent, entering lung and spleen meridians. Has the effects of lowering qi, promoting digestion, eliminating diseases, moistening lung, removing toxic substances, promoting fluid production, and promoting diuresis to relieve constipation. It is mainly used for treating lung flaccidity, lung heat, constipation, hematemesis, flatulence, dyspepsia, indigestion, excessive phlegm and constipation.

4, mint:

Mint tastes pungent and cool, and is good at dispersing exogenous wind and heat. "Herbal Medicine in Southern Yunnan" says that "treating cough due to wind-cold" is actually wind-heat cough. "Simple Prescription" also introduced that using mint alone can "clear the upper body, eliminate phlegm, relieve sore throat and diaphragm, and treat wind and heat." Therefore, it is appropriate to use mint instead of tea for people with wind-heat cold or lung-heat cough.

5. Water chestnut:

It can be eaten raw, cooked or served as a dish. Has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, promoting salivation, quenching thirst, stimulating appetite, improving eyesight, clearing away sound, promoting digestion, and sobering up. The aboveground stem of water chestnut is named "Tiantongcao", which has the function of clearing heat and diuresis.

Extended data:

Avoid foods with excessive phlegm;

1, sweet and sour food. Sour food often accumulates phlegm, which makes it difficult to cough up phlegm, thus aggravating the condition and making it difficult to recover from cough. Apples, bananas, oranges, grapes and so on. It is not suitable for consumption when cough is severe. Eating sweets will also help heat, making inflammation difficult to cure.

2. oranges. Many people think that oranges can relieve cough and resolve phlegm, so children with cough should eat more oranges. In fact, orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, but orange meat produces heat and resolves phlegm instead.

3, peanuts, melon seeds, chocolate, etc. These foods contain more oil, which is easy to breed sputum after eating, making cough worse.

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