1, the secret recipe of health preservation
(1) Good expectorant food
Foods with the functions of clearing away lung-heat, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm include white radish, Sydney, tremella, honey, lily, soybean milk and wax gourd. Eating these foods regularly can prevent the production of phlegm and eliminate it to some extent.
(2) A healthy way of spitting
When spitting, spit the sputum in toilet paper, then wrap it and throw it in the trash can to prevent the bacteria and viruses in the sputum from spreading with the air and causing harm to us.
(3) Massage phlegm-resolving points
Massage nose and throat: massage both sides of the bridge of the nose from top to bottom, * * * 36 times; Massage Adam's apple with both hands and palms from top to bottom, * * * 36 times.
2, phlegm moistening lung food
Sydney, 1
Sydney tastes sweet and cold, and contains malic acid, citric acid, vitamin B 1, B2, vitamin C, carotene and so on. It has the effects of moistening lung, clearing dryness, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Adults can take two capsules a day, and boys can take 1 capsule. If the spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, it is better to cook and eat.
Step 2 water chestnut
Water chestnut was called "black taro" in ancient times, also known as "Ye Fu", "Qi Bo" and "Chestnut". Water chestnut is also called horseshoe, chestnut or taro because of its shape like horseshoe. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water chestnut is cold and sweet, and enters the lung and stomach meridians, which is beneficial to calming the middle energizer, clearing away heat and quenching thirst, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, relieving sore throat and improving eyesight, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm.
3.tremella fuciformis
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tremella is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It can moisten the lungs and nourish yin, nourish the stomach and produce fluid, benefit essence, strengthen the heart and strengthen the brain. It is a certain method for cough, blood in phlegm and thirst due to deficiency heat. It is especially suitable for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, senile chronic bronchitis, cor pulmonale, low resistance, internal fire due to physical weakness, tuberculosis, cancer, cough due to lung heat, dry lung cough, female menoxenia, gastritis, constipation, etc.
4. honey
Chinese medicine believes that honey is sweet and flat, and enters the lungs, spleen, stomach and intestines; Has the effects of regulating spleen and stomach, relieving pain, moistening lung, relieving cough, relaxing bowels, moistening skin, promoting granulation, and removing toxic substances. As for moistening lung and relieving cough, loquat honey has the best effect. Chinese medicine takes honey as medicine, which has many benefits. Honey has been regarded as a sacred product for nourishing and beautifying since ancient times, and its price is also very cheap. It is better to brew, so that it is mixed with honey 1: boiled water 10, and gently stirred to become delicious honey juice. Adding sugar to any fruit juice or tea is good for your health.
5, grapefruit
Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, and is a good fruit for tonifying lung and relieving cough after a cold in winter. For example, honey grapefruit tea, which is very popular now, has an excellent effect of nourishing the lungs and eliminating phlegm, and can do plastic surgery. If the grapefruit you just bought home tastes sour, you can leave it at home for a few days, and the taste will be sweeter after the fruit water gradually evaporates.
6.almonds
Almond can moisten lung and relieve cough, and has a certain slowing effect on dry cough without phlegm and chronic cough due to lung deficiency. Almonds are divided into sweet almonds and bitter almonds, among which sweet almonds have better lung moistening effect. Sweet almonds are edible, flat and sweet, and have the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough; Bitter almond, more medicinal, warm in nature, pungent in taste and slightly toxic. It can diffuse lung and reduce qi, and is mainly used for treating cough, asthma and laryngitis caused by exogenous diseases.
3. What are the symptoms that cause cough?
1, upper respiratory tract infection
That is, the cold is caused by the virus entering the human body through the nasal cavity and throat, causing inflammation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa. When children catch a cold, they usually have symptoms of coughing.
2. bronchitis
Most of them are due to the spread of upper respiratory tract infection, and the onset is more urgent. At first, it was mostly dry cough, and then gradually there was discomfort such as cough and expectoration. In severe cases, there is hypoxia due to dyspnea, and the lips are blue and purple.
3. Pneumonia
Children under 2 years old are mostly bronchopneumonia, mostly caused by upper respiratory tract infection or bronchitis. Generally, there will be dry cough, shortness of breath, cyanosis of lips and flapping of nose. Except for newborns, they usually have a fever of 39℃.
4. Acute laryngitis
When viruses or bacteria pass through the throat, they can also cause throat infections. The most typical symptoms of acute laryngitis are hoarseness and even no sound except dry cough and sore throat. When inhaling air, it will make a dog-like cough, and in severe cases, it will produce a throat wheezing sound.