Dried apricots have the effect of relieving cough and moisturizing the lungs, fixing asthma, and generating fluids to quench thirst. The active ingredient in water is limited and generally does not achieve the therapeutic effect.
Dried apricots taste sour, sweet, warm, attributed to the lung, heart meridian, the main treatment of lung dry cough, fluid injury thirst. Apricots ripen in June to July, when they can be picked and dried into dry. This product can be taken internally as a decoction, or eaten raw, or dried as dried, in moderation.
Clinical almonds are also more commonly used, with a bitter flavor, slightly warm nature, and a small poison. Attributed to the lung, large intestine meridian. It has the effect of lowering qi, relieving cough and asthma, and moisturizing and laxative. By the lung qi congestion and non-expansion or qi reversal does not descend (qi can not descend instead of upward reversal) due to coughing and wheezing, as well as intestinal dryness and fluid deficiency of constipation can be used in conjunction with the evidence. The internal dosage of this product should not be too large, and should be used with caution in infants. Caution should be exercised for those with loose stools.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not clear. As the weather is dry in fall, you can drink some water with dried apricots to moisten the lungs and relieve cough. However, dietary therapy can only play an auxiliary role in relieving. If the patient is not feeling well, he/she must seek professional medical help in time.