Slices of Chinese yam boiled in water can treat cough due to lung qi deficiency. Chinese yam can also be boiled with Sichuan pei, loquat, lily, and silver ear to moisten the lungs and relieve cough.
Chinese yam is flat in nature, sweet in flavor, and belongs to spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the effect of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, tonifying the spleen, lung and kidney, and fixing essence to stop the band. Since Chinese yam belongs to lung meridian, it can tonify the lungs, and can treat the evidence of lung deficiency, so slices of yuai yam boiled in water have the effect of stopping coughs.
The Chinese mountain can also be boiled with other foods to moisturize the lungs and relieve cough, Chuanbei has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, loquat has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving cough, lily has the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, and silver fungus has the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, the Chinese mountain can be boiled with the above foods, and tonifying the lungs.
If you need to use slices of Chinese yam to boil water to relieve cough, please do so under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.