There are so many cases of eating leeks and coughing: one, leek allergy, because leek is a relatively new string of taste, there are some people have an allergic reaction to it, ate to cough, pay attention to try to avoid eating leeks. Second, leeks are spicier when they are raw, but when they are cooked the spiciness disappears. When cooking or processing leeks, if the leeks can not be completely broken raw, when eating some people prefer that crisp texture, at this time leeks that spicy taste is still quite heavy. If a cough is triggered by inflammation of the airways, Chinese medicine believes that this inflammation is generally heat, heat, and you eat a spicy thing, the heat will certainly be stimulated, leading to an aggravation of the cough. So if you eat leeks, try to make it a little too much, so that it is not so spicy when it is completely broken. Both onions and garlic have this feature, and although they are spicy when eaten raw, they can be eaten normally after they are cut off and will not aggravate the original pathology. Third, when doing leeks in order to highlight the flavor of leeks most of the time to put a lot of seasonings, at least salt is easy to be on the high side, seasoning too heavy also tend to cause secretions inside the airway is more sticky, but also easy to trigger a cough.