Coughing in winter often lingers for a long time after the fever subsides. When it comes to coughs, we must first differentiate between conditions. Coughs, like colds, should be treated based on distinguishing between "cold cough" and "heat cough." Otherwise, taking the wrong treatment can make the cough worse. The nature of phlegm can help differentiate between cold and heat. Phlegm from a cold cough is thin and white, appearing foamy; whereas phlegm from a heat cough is yellow and thick, difficult to expel.
Below, I have compiled a comprehensive list of cough remedies using food therapy. However, please note that food therapy is only an auxiliary method of treatment. You should primarily follow your doctor's advice for proper medication treatment. Since there are many methods, I hope you will save my article.
1. Radish and green onion remedy for wind-cold cough
Method: 1 radish, 6 green onions, 15g ginger. Boil three bowls of water with the radish until cooked, then add the green onions and ginger. Boil down to one bowl of soup, drink the whole thing including the residue at once.
Applicable: Promotes lung function, relieves exterior symptoms, transforms phlegm, stops cough. Treats wind-cold cough, abundant phlegm with foam, accompanied by aversion to cold, fatigue, soreness, etc.
2. Red sugar ginger jujube decoction for common cold cough
Method: 30g red sugar, 15g fresh ginger, 30g jujubes. Boil three bowls of water down to half a bowl. Drink all at once. After sweating slightly, recovery is imminent.
Applicable: Dispels wind, scatters cold. Treats common cold cough, stomach cold stabbing pain, postpartum cold diarrhea, chills, etc.
3. Coriander soup for common cold cough
Method: 30g coriander (cilantro), 30g maltose, 100g rice. Wash the rice, add water to cook into rice soup. Take three tablespoons of rice soup, mix with coriander and maltose, steam for 10 minutes, drink while hot. Avoid wind and cold exposure.
Applicable: Induces sweating, penetrates the exterior. Treats cough caused by common cold.
4. White radish honey for wind-cold cough
Method: 1 large white radish, 30g honey, 5 white peppercorns, 2g ephedra. Wash the radish, slice it, place in a bowl, pour in honey, white peppercorns, and ephedra. Steam for half an hour, drink while hot, lie down and sweat to cure.
Applicable: Induces sweating, dispels cold, stops cough, transforms phlegm. Treats wind-cold cough.
5. Steamed softshell turtle with fritillary bulb nourishes yin and supplements lungs
Method: 5g Sichuan fritillary bulb, 1 softshell turtle (about 500g), 1kg chicken clear soup, appropriate amounts of green onions, ginger, Sichuan pepper, cooking wine, salt. Kill the turtle, remove head and innards, cut into pieces and set aside. Place the turtle pieces in a steaming pot, add fritillary bulb, salt, cooking wine, Sichuan pepper, green onions, ginger, steam for about an hour. Eat while hot.
Applicable: Nourishes yin, clears heat, moistens lungs, stops cough, reduces fever. Treats yin deficiency cough, low-grade fever, night sweats, etc.
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