If you have a cough with Yin deficiency and lung dryness, you can eat honey in moderation, but don’t eat too much because honey is a sweet food and eating too much sweet food can easily produce phlegm, which can cause the cough to linger or worsen. Common symptoms of Yin deficiency and dry lung cough include cough, no phlegm, or little phlegm with a little blood in the phlegm, accompanied by irritable heat in the five hearts, hot flashes, night sweats, redness in the cheekbones, low fever in the afternoon, dry mouth and tongue, and red tongue with little moss. Honey is sweet and mild in nature and belongs to the lung, spleen and large intestine meridians, and is effective in nourishing and moistening dryness, clearing heat and detoxifying toxins. Therefore, you can eat honey in moderation for coughs with Yin deficiency and lung dryness, but you should be careful not to eat too much of it, and you should also be aware that patients with high blood sugar should not eat honey as it may cause a sharp rise in blood sugar. When you have a cough, you should also pay attention to eating good digestible and nutritious food, avoiding spicy, stimulating, greasy and cold food, and especially pay attention to not overeating.