🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Southern Apricot and Mulberry Bark Stewed with Pig Lung
[Ingredients] 15–20 grams southern apricot kernels (sweet almonds), 15 grams mulberry bark, 250 grams pig lung.
[Preparation] Wash pig lung, cut into pieces, combine with southern apricot kernels and mulberry bark in a clay pot, add water and stew. Drink the broth, pig lung can be eaten as side dish.
[Function] Clears lung heat, moistens dryness, nourishes yin, stops cough. Used for dry-heat cough caused by dry autumn/winter climate. Effective for elderly people with dry cough without phlegm, constipation, dry throat, and thirst.
[Explanation of Function] Almonds come in sweet (southern) and bitter (northern) varieties. Sweet almonds (southern) contain richer fat oils, thus better at moisturizing, with functions to expel phlegm, relieve cough, calm asthma, and lubricate intestines. Mulberry bark is sweet and cold in nature, clearing lung heat, stopping cough and asthma, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, and lowering blood pressure. Pig lung is sweet and neutral, treats lung deficiency cough, and nourishes the lungs.
Pomelo Stewed with Chicken
[Ingredients] 1 pomelo, 1 rooster, appropriate ginger, green onion, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine.
[Method] Remove feathers and internal organs from rooster, wash clean. Peel pomelo, retain flesh, stuff pomelo flesh into chicken cavity. Place in casserole, add green onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, and sufficient water. Put casserole inside another pot with water, steam over water until fully cooked, then serve.
[Function] Strengthens stomach, moves qi downward, transforms phlegm, stops cough. Commonly used for chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, elderly chronic cough, phlegm accumulation, and shortness of breath.
[Explanation of Function] Pomelo contains limonin, neohesperidin, beta-carotene, vitamins (C, B1, B2), niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sugars, etc. It moves qi downward, transforms phlegm, and stops cough. Often used for cough, asthma, and phlegm-related conditions. Modern research shows vitamin P in pomelo enhances vitamin C activity and strengthens antiviral defense.
Rock Sugar Papaya Soup
[Ingredients] 1 papaya, 2 slices of ginger, appropriate rock sugar.
[Method] Peel and cut papaya into chunks, add ginger slices and rock sugar, boil with adequate water for 30 minutes, then drink.
[Function] This remedy clears lung heat, stops cough, moistens dryness, and generates body fluids.
[Explanation of Function] Papaya contains sugars, organic acids, proteins, vitamins, papain, lipase, etc. It aids digestion and improves gastric function. Papain breaks down proteins into amino acids. Ginger is pungent and warm, dispelling cold and strengthening the stomach. Rock sugar harmonizes the stomach, clears dryness, and moistens lungs to stop cough.