If you’re reluctant to take bitter anti-inflammatory drugs, try these home remedies for cough and throat relief. They are just as effective!
Cough Remedy with Pumpkin Puree: Suitable for common cold and cough caused by wind-cold. Common cold and cough are often caused by wind-cold invasion, internal stagnation of lung qi, and failure of lung defense to spread. This can be alleviated through dietary therapy. Pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet in taste, non-toxic, and nourishes the lungs, boosts energy, resolves phlegm, expels pus, expels parasites, detoxifies, treats cough and asthma, and relieves lung abscess and constipation. There is also a folk remedy of eating steamed pumpkin mixed with honey to treat asthma.
Throat-Moistening Section: Loquat Fruit Flower Tea
Everyone knows that making tea with loquat fruit can relieve throat pain. Loquat fruit flower also has the effect of moistening the throat. Moreover, the fragrance of loquat fruit flower is strong. Once steeped in hot water, the fragrance spreads everywhere. Drinking loquat fruit flower tea can clear the lungs and moisten dryness. It has a good improvement effect on throat pain, cough, hoarseness, and even constipation caused by excessive internal heat.
Note: Loquat fruit flower is cold in nature. Don’t keep drinking it after the symptoms are relieved.
Honeysuckle Tea
Honeysuckle tea is also a common flower tea used for clearing heat and detoxifying. Honeysuckle tea not only has a good soothing effect on people with excessive internal heat, but also has a certain effect on dry throats, dry mouths, and wind-heat.
Note: It is cold in nature and not suitable for people with weak constitutions or cold constitutions.
Jade Butterfly Tea
Jade butterfly, also known as white jade paper, is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. It can clear lung heat and benefit the throat. It has a good therapeutic effect on acute or chronic bronchitis, cough, sore throat, and tonsillitis. Jade butterfly tea is mainly made by steeping its seeds. One teaspoon of jade butterfly, plus boiling water, steep for 10 minutes and then it can be drunk.
Peppermint Tea
Making tea with peppermint can relieve sore throats. It can also soothe headaches or fevers caused by colds and enhance blood circulation in the body.
Note: Peppermint is not suitable for pregnant women and infants to consume.
Violet Tea
Drinking violet tea is of great benefit to the respiratory tract. It can not only moisten the throat, but also soothe coughs, sore throats, etc. caused by colds. It also plays a certain adjuvant therapeutic role in respiratory organ diseases, protecting the upper respiratory tract and regulating bronchitis.
Jasmine Tea
Drinking jasmine as a flower tea can play a role in inhibiting bacteria. Whether taken internally or used externally, it can relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and clear heat in the throat. Especially suitable for patients with chronic bronchitis.
Diet Taboos during Cough
1. Don’t rush to take cough medicine at the initial stage of cough. It is advisable to eat fruits and vegetables that nourish yin and moisten the lungs, such as tremella, black fungus, honey, loofah, lotus root, radish, pear, apple, loquat, apricot, etc.
2. Avoid eating any spicy and irritating foods, such as mustard, satay sauce, chili, curry, pepper powder, etc.
3. Avoid eating raw and cold foods, such as frozen foods, beverages, ice cream, etc.
4. Don’t eat spicy foods such as chili, pepper, ginger, etc. They have a stimulating effect on the respiratory tract and will aggravate the cough.
5. Avoid smoking and drinking.
6. Avoid eating fried, deep-fried, smoked, roasted, and baked foods, such as fried pork chops, fried dough sticks, potato chips, salted crispy chicken, stinky tofu, French fries, roasted duck, sesame cakes, potato chips, cream cakes, doughnuts, small pastries, etc.
7. Avoid eating sweet foods to prevent phlegm formation.
