CATDOLL : CATDOLL: I always cough when I smoke. What can I eat to relieve the symptoms? The effect should be good. Medicine or food is fine. Don't tell me to quit smoking because I can't quit temporarily due to work reasons.

What to eat to relieve the symptoms of frequent cough caused by smoking:

Stew pears and rock sugar together to make soup!

pear

It is cool in nature, sweet in taste, can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and is suitable for people with hot cough. People often peel the pear, take out the core, add 1-3 grams of Chuanbei powder, and stew it in water, twice a day, one pear each time. Or you can use the method of the late famous doctor Pu Fuzhou, use 3-5 grams of Chinese medicine ephedra, mash or pound it, put it in the heart of the pear and steam it for consumption.

Luohan Fruit

It can clear the lungs and relieve coughs, and is suitable for people with lung heat coughs and wind heat coughs. You can use 1 monk fruit and 15 grams of dried persimmon cake, decocted in water and taken.

persimmon

It is cold in nature, can clear away heat, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, so it is suitable for people with hot cough. According to modern pharmacological experiments, persimmons do have expectorant and antitussive effects, and the expectorant effect is stronger than the antitussive effect.

Loquat

It is cool in nature, sweet in taste, and can moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Loquat cures cough and spitting." It is suitable for people with hot cough and spitting yellow purulent phlegm.

Fig

It can clear away heat, resolve phlegm, and regulate qi, and is suitable for people with wind-heat cough, phlegm, and chest tightness. "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine" also records local folk methods to treat lung heat cough and hoarseness, using 15 grams of figs, decocted in water and mixed with rock sugar.

Water Chestnut

It can resolve phlegm and clear away heat, and is especially suitable for those with hot cough and spitting purulent phlegm. Each time, you can use 250 grams of fresh water chestnuts, wash and peel them, blanch them with boiling water, eat them raw, once in the morning and evening, and eat them for 3 to 5 days.

Radish Juice

You can choose 500 grams of fresh red-skinned spicy radish, wash it without peeling it, cut it into thin slices, put it in a bowl, put 2-3 spoons of maltose on it, and leave it overnight. The radish juice will be dissolved. Drink it frequently, which has the effect of clearing heat, reducing phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for people with wind-heat or lung-heat cough. You can also use 500 grams of fresh radish and water chestnuts, wash them, and mash or squeeze the juice together.

Winter melon

It is cool in nature and can eliminate phlegm and clear away heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Winter melon moistens the lungs, eliminates heat and phlegm, and relieves coughs." Those who have wind-heat coughs or lung-heat coughs should choose to eat winter melon stewed soup.

Loofah

It is good at clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for people with hot coughs with a lot of phlegm and thick yellow phlegm. This is because the plant mucus of loofah contains a saponin that has the effect of removing phlegm and resolving phlegm. For people with coughs caused by lung heat or wind-heat invading the lungs, who often spit out purulent phlegm, it is advisable to use loofah decoction and drink it, and it is more advisable to cook loofah with tofu, which has the benefits of clearing phlegm, opening the chest and diaphragm.

Mint

It is pungent in taste and cool in nature, and is good at dispersing exogenous wind-heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says that it "treats colds and coughs", but it is actually wind-heat coughs. "Simple Prescriptions" also introduces that using mint alone can "clear the upper body and resolve phlegm, relieve the throat and diaphragm, and treat wind-heat." Therefore, for those who have wind-heat colds and coughs or lung heat coughs, it is quite appropriate to drink mint instead of tea.

Sterculia lychnophora

It has the functions of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. As Zhang Shouyi, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said: "Recently, people use it to treat colds and coughs... It is good at opening up the lungs and clearing the skin and fur. It can treat wind evils that are blocked outside, regardless of whether they are cold or hot. It can relieve coughs and eliminate phlegm." "Shendtang Prescription" introduces "Treatment of dry cough..., caused by external infection: five pieces of Sterculia lychnophora, one qian (3 grams) of licorice, stewed into tea and drink, old and young can add a little rock sugar."

Raw lotus root

It has the effect of clearing away heat. As stated in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "The lotus root is sweet and cold when raw, and can remove heat and clear the stomach." The "Compendium of Materia Medica" also believes that lotus root is "a medicine for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat." The "Simple Prescriptions" introduces: "To treat phlegm heat in the upper part of the body: take half a cup of lotus root juice and half a cup of pear juice." It is especially suitable for eating in summer when you have lung heat and cough.

Bamboo shoots

It is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm. For example, "Bencao Qiuyuan" says: "Bamboo shoots are sweet and slightly cold, clearing heat and removing phlegm." "Sui Xi Ju Diet" also says: "Bamboo shoots are sweet and cool, opening the chest and eliminating phlegm." Therefore, it is most suitable for people with wind-heat cough or lung-heat cough.

Amaranthus

Good at clearing away heat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Malan is the best at clearing away heat and toxins, and its use is very wide. It is also an important product for clearing away heat and toxins." "Guangxi Medicinal Plant List" points out that Malan "clears away heat and relieves symptoms, and treats exogenous wind-heat." It can be seen that people with wind-heat colds and coughs should eat it.

Winter melon

It is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and has the effect of clearing heat and eliminating phlegm. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" once said: "Winter melon moistens the lungs, eliminates heat and phlegm, stops coughing, and treats phlegm and asthma." "New Materia Medica" also said: "Relieve heat and reduce heat." Therefore, it is most suitable for people with wind-heat cough and lung-heat cough in summer, and those with thick yellow phlegm. In addition, winter melon seeds are sweet and cool in nature, can moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm and clear heat, and are also commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat phlegm-heat cough. Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with lobar pneumonia, lung abscess (lung abscess), bronchiectasis and other lung-heat coughs with cough and yellow purulent phlegm.

watermelon

It is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, relieving restlessness and promoting diuresis. The "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says that it can "cure all fever symptoms, sputum and qi stagnation." It is suitable for people with summer heat cold cough or lung heat cough, yellow and thick sputum, and thirst in the mouth.

Duck Eggs

It is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and can clear lung heat. "Rihuazi Bencao" also believes that duck eggs "clear the heat of the heart, abdomen, chest and diaphragm". "Yi Lin Zuan Yao" once introduced: "Duck eggs nourish the heart and clear the lungs, stop hot coughs, and can be eaten with Baifei soup to clear lung fire." Anyone with lung heat and cough should eat it.

Sheep peach

Also called carambola, it is cold in nature and can clear away heat, promote the production of body fluids and relieve cough. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that it is "mainly used to treat wind-heat". The Quanzhou Materia Medica also introduces: "It can treat wind-heat cough and is eaten fresh." Therefore, it is quite suitable for people with wind-heat cough.

Nostoc

Commonly known as dragon beard vegetable, bamboo tube vegetable, and powder vegetable, it is cold in nature and sweet and salty in taste. It has the effect of clearing lung heat and removing purulent phlegm. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that it "treats goiter and heat". The Bencao Qiuzhen also believes that it "removes internal heat". It is suitable for people with wind-heat or lung-heat cough, coughing up thick yellow pus phlegm, including senile tracheitis, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, etc.

Chrysanthemum

It has the effects of moistening the lungs, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. "Food Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions" once introduced: "Heat cough with thick phlegm: 90 grams of fresh chrysanthemum, decoct in water to remove the residue, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and dissolve, and drink it in 2 doses." Especially in the hot summer, people often feel lung heat and phlegm. Drinking chrysanthemum soup regularly can not only eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, but also clear away heat and relieve restlessness.

Green vegetables

It is sweet and mild in nature, can relieve fever and restlessness, and promote digestion. The Four-tone Materia Medica says that it can "stop cough caused by heat." The Southern Yunnan Materia Medica also believes that green vegetables "can eliminate phlegm, stop coughing, and clear lung heat." Therefore, people with cough caused by lung heat or wind-heat in summer should eat it.

Sargassum fusiformis

Also known as seaweed, it is salty and cold in nature, and has the effect of eliminating phlegm and purging heat. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" says it can "cure chronic bronchitis and other symptoms." It is especially suitable for patients with acute and chronic bronchitis who have lung heat, cough, and cough up yellow purulent phlegm.

Nori

It is sweet, salty and cold in nature, and can dissolve phlegm, soften hard masses and clear away heat. There is a folk experience that "treats lung abscesses and vomiting smelly phlegm: put an appropriate amount of laver in the mouth, chew dry, and swallow slowly". "Food Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions" believes that "chewing dry products can treat lung gangrene and vomiting smelly phlegm at the beginning", and introduces: "Coughing and vomiting smelly phlegm (including lung abscesses, bronchiectasis, etc.): grind laver into fine powder, refine honey to make pills, take 6 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day, after meals." Anyone with lung heat cough or wind heat cough and vomiting yellow, thick and fishy phlegm is suitable for eating it.

Phragmites australis

It is cold in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effect of clearing lung heat and removing pus and phlegm. The ancient recipe "Reed Stem Soup" for treating lung abscess (lung abscess) is mainly based on reed root. "Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine" believes that "its cool nature can clear lung heat, and its hollowness can regulate lung qi." It is most suitable for people with lung heat, cough, and yellow, thick and fishy phlegm. It can also be combined with raw coix seed, Houttuynia cordata, wax gourd seeds, etc., which is more suitable.

Fig

It is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear lung heat and resolve phlegm. The Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine states that it has the effect of "removing phlegm and regulating qi", "treating cough with a lot of phlegm and chest tightness". The Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine also introduces "treating hoarseness due to lung heat: 50 cents (15 grams) of figs, decoct in water and add rock sugar and take." Therefore, it is suitable for people with lung heat, cough and a lot of phlegm.

Monk Fruit

It has the effects of clearing the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. "Lingnan Collection of Medicinal Herbs" says: "For cough caused by phlegm and fire, boil it with pork and take it in soup." "Guangxi Chinese Medicine Records" also believes that Luo Han Guo "relieves cough and clears heat." Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with wind-heat cough and lung-heat cough. It can be used alone to make tea, or it can be boiled in water with 1 Luo Han Guo and 15 grams of dried persimmon.

Houttuynia

It can clear away heat, detoxify and relieve lung fire, and is suitable for people with lung heat cough, including lobar pneumonia and lung abscess (lung abscess). You can use 30-50 grams of Houttuynia cordata alone and boil it in water to drink instead of tea.

jellyfish

It is mild in nature and salty in taste. It has a good effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. People who suffer from lung heat, cough, and yellow and thick phlegm should drink a soup made with equal amounts of jellyfish and water chestnuts, which is very effective.

Tofu

It has the effect of clearing heat and moistening dryness. "Yi Lin Zong Yao" says: "Tofu clears heat, relieves cough, and eliminates phlegm." It is especially suitable for those with coughs caused by wind heat or lung heat. You can also choose 1 piece of tofu skin, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook it before eating, which also has a therapeutic effect on lung heat cough.

White Chrysanthemum

It has a cool nature and can dispel wind-heat and clear lung fire. For patients with hot cough, it is advisable to make tea with white chrysanthemum.

honeysuckle

It can clear away heat and detoxify. All coughs caused by lung heat, including wind-heat cold cough, lobar pneumonia cough, and lung abscess cough, are suitable for large doses of honeysuckle. 30 to 90 grams can be boiled in water and drunk frequently as tea.