Autumnal Remedies for Dry Cough with Dietary Therapy
After the Start of Autumn, the weather gradually turns cool and dry, making respiratory diseases more likely, especially dry cough. Symptoms of dry cough include persistent dry cough without phlegm or with little phlegm that is difficult to expel, sometimes with blood streaks in the phlegm, accompanied by dry mouth and throat, sore throat, itchy throat, hoarseness, red tongue with little moisture. Several dietary therapies are recommended to relieve dry cough; middle-aged and elderly people, as well as patients with acute or chronic bronchitis, may try them.
Ginger Tea: Wash 10 slices of ginger and 7 grams of tea leaves, boil together into a decoction for drinking. It can induce sweating to relieve exterior symptoms and warm the lungs to stop thirst, showing good efficacy for influenza and cough. Honeyed Radish Juice: Take 400 grams of white radish, wash, peel, chop finely, wrap in clean gauze, squeeze out juice. Take 60 ml each time, add one spoon of honey, mix well, swallow three times daily for 3–5 days. This remedy works even better for constipation.
Almond Steamed Pear: Take 15 grams of sweet almonds, remove skin, crush; one ripe pear, wash, peel, cut into slices. Place both in a bowl, add 20 grams of rock sugar, sufficient water, steam over boiling water for 30 minutes. Consume twice daily (morning and evening), continue for 3–5 days.
Vinegar and Rock Sugar Syrup: Crush 100 grams of rock sugar and place in a container, then pour in 450 ml of aged vinegar, soak for 3 days until sugar dissolves. Take 15 ml before breakfast and after dinner, suitable for long-term use, best effect for stopping cough and resolving phlegm.