🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Three Medicinal Porridges for Coughs
Perilla and Apricot Kernel Porridge: 10 grams perilla leaf, 10 grams apricot kernel, 5 slices ginger, 5 jujubes, 30 grams glutinous rice. Boil apricot kernel and glutinous rice into porridge until nearly done, then add perilla leaf, ginger, and jujubes to cook thoroughly. Warmly consume. This porridge releases exterior and dispels cold, strengthens the spleen and stomach. Used for external wind-cold invasion, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough with excessive phlegm, chills without sweating, nausea, poor appetite.
Lotus Root and Apricot Kernel Porridge: 50 grams fresh lotus root, 50 grams glutinous rice, 10 grams apricot kernel. First boil glutinous rice until boiling, then add lotus root and apricot kernel, cook until porridge is ready. Add a little sugar, take once in the morning and once in the evening. This porridge clears heat, moistens dryness, stops cough, and transforms phlegm. Used for long-standing cough, injury to body fluids, dry cough without phlegm, or small amounts of sticky phlegm difficult to expel.
Poria and Coix Seed Porridge: 30 grams Poria, 30 grams coix seed, 10 grams apricot kernel, 50 grams glutinous rice. First cook coix seed, apricot kernel, and glutinous rice until tender, then add Poria and boil for one or two minutes. This porridge strengthens the spleen, removes dampness, transforms phlegm, and stops cough. Used for lung and spleen qi deficiency with internal dampness, excessive phlegm, cough, chest tightness, poor appetite.