Autumn is here – dry cough

  The “Cough with Dryness” says: “The sky is dry and strong, and dryness is caused by fire, so if the lungs are injured by dryness, they will cough.” The Buju Collection, Volume 15: “When the lung is dry and coughing, gold likes to be clear and moist, and moistening produces water to nourish the internal organs. If the body is dry, the water source is gradually exhausted, the fire has no control, the gold by the fire dry, then the gas is chaotic and cough, cough is dry throat voice mute, thirsty to lead to drink, phlegm will be closed, the skin is dry, the shape of the gods withered, the pulse must be weak, long is astringent number of godless.” Jin Kui Yi? Dry Cough”: “Lung dryness, lung deficiency fluid less and dryness multiplied by it. The symptoms of coughing very little saliva, dry throat, gas choking unfavorable. The symptoms of dryness in the lungs are dryness of the skin, constipation, thick and sticky snot and saliva.  Symptoms Dry cough, no phlegm, little and sticky phlegm or phlegm like threads of powder that cannot be easily excreted, itchy and dry throat, dry mouth and nose, hoarse voice, dry tongue with little fluid; at first it may be accompanied by cold symptoms such as fear of cold, fever, headache, aching bones, etc. The tip of the tongue is red and the pulse is fine.  Treatment The dry lung type of cough should be treated with medicines that moisten the lung and promote lung circulation, stop coughing and dissolve phlegm.  Food therapy Silver Fungus Pigeon Soup Ingredients: 50 grams of silver fungus, 1 pigeon, 3 slices of ginger, a little salt and monosodium glutamate. Preparation: remove the impurities from the silver fungus and wash it for use. Wash the pigeon with warm water, remove the hair, claws and internal organs. Then put the silver fungus, pigeon and ginger together in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, boil it in a martial fire first, then change to a slow boil for 1 hour, add seasoning, and serve. Function: It can nourish Yin and moisten dryness. Silver fungus can nourish Yin and moisten the lung, which is an auxiliary treatment for dry lung cough, prolonged cough and coughing up blood; squab can dispel wind and detoxify. The two flavors together can improve the patient’s constitution.  Snow pear paste Raw material: snow pear 1000 grams, honey 200 grams.  Production: the snow pear peel brush clean, soak in warm water for 1 hour, rinse with water, even the peel cut into 1 cm square small dice block. Mash to get juice. Immerse the snow pear dregs into the appropriate amount of warm boiling water, soak for 30 minutes, repeat the above process and then take the juice 1 time. Combine two times of strained juice. Put the filtered juice into the pot, decoct and concentrate with fire, collect the paste after cooling and add honey to mix evenly, fill the jar and set aside, such as in the summer and autumn season, should be placed in the refrigerator refrigeration. Take 20ml twice a day with warm water. Function: It can quench thirst, nourish lung and moisten dryness. It is suitable for people with hot lung and dry cough and sore throat.  Boil 500g of white radish, 10g of peel and 100g of snow pear in soup, drink it in the morning and evening, and insist on it for a week to cure the cough in the morning after waking up.