Honey can stop coughing, but it is mainly used for dry cough caused by dryness in the lungs. Honey has a moistening effect on the lung and helps to stop coughing. It is good for dry coughs caused by dryness or deficiency of lung qi and yin, and even hemoptysis, which can nourish lung yin and support lung qi to stop coughing. This is related to the fact that honey is sweet and moist, and can enter the lung meridian to moisten dryness and nourish yin. However, coughs caused by other causes, such as wind-cold, wind-heat, or phlegm-dampness in the lungs, with coughing, coughing phlegm, and large amounts of phlegm, white or yellow, thin or thick, do not do well with honey, mainly because honey does not have the effect of resolving phlegm and cannot stop the cough at the root. Therefore, it is important to distinguish the cause of the cough before deciding whether honey is suitable for cough relief.