Folk remedies from rock sugar

Rock sugar has incredibly surprising health benefits. It can help treat coughs, is good for the heart, lowers blood pressure, and helps treat tuberculosis. You should know how to use it.

According to Oriental medicine, rock sugar is sweet and neutral; enters the spleen and lung meridians. Main functions: replenishes the middle and benefits qi, harmonizes the stomach, moistens the lungs, stops coughs, and eliminates phlegm. Used as a spice, appetizer, and digestive aid.

Rock sugar helps dishes have a more delicious and refreshing taste; it makes desserts sweeter and cooler. Some dishes use rock sugar as a spice to create a special flavor.

In folk medicine, rock sugar is often known as a cough remedy. There are several ways to use rock sugar in combination with other foods to treat diseases very effectively.

Stimulates digestion

Peel the squash, wash it, use about 50 grams and a little rock sugar, put it in a pot with 3 cups of water (750 ml) and cook until 1 cup remains, remove the residue, take the broth, it has the effect of stimulating digestion, helping to eat more deliciously.

Treat cough due to weather

Cook 20 grams of tangerine peel and 100 grams of rock sugar with 1.5 liters of water until the peel is fully cooked. Use both the juice and the pulp to treat dry coughs caused by the weather.

You can take a little rock sugar and a little fresh ginger (peeled, chopped) in a bowl, steep with boiling water to drink to treat colds and coughs caused by the weather.

Or 10 apples, 5 slices of fresh ginger cooked with a little rock sugar for cases of colds, coughs, and respiratory infections due to the weather.

Nourishing blood, good for the heart

30 gr rock sugar, 50 gr lotus seeds, 10 gr ginseng, 100 gr good quality sticky rice. Preparation: remove the core of the lotus seeds, then put the above ingredients in a pot to cook porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and stir well. This dish is very good for the heart, has the effect of replenishing blood and qi.

Lower blood pressure

Take a little rock sugar and 50 grams of dried chrysanthemum flowers (washed). Put the chrysanthemum flowers in a pot with enough water to boil, boil for another 10 minutes, let cool, then filter the water, then add the rock sugar water and stir well. Using this water has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

Or 1 kg of fresh celery, a sufficient amount of rock sugar. Preparation: wash the celery, crush it, squeeze out the juice. Add rock sugar to water and cook until dissolved, then mix well with the celery juice to use. This method also has the effect of lowering blood pressure and cooling.

Support treatment of inflammation and cirrhosis

People with hepatitis and cirrhosis can use 20 grams of rock sugar, 30 grams of jujube, and 20 grams of peanuts to boil water and drink during the day. Use for a month. If the disease improves, stop for a month and then use for another month.

Treat tuberculosis

In the past, people used royal poinciana flowers (some people also call them butterfly flowers) which were often grown in the yard, steamed with rock sugar, then left outside through the night dew, and drank at 3-4 am to treat chronic coughs, sore throats, and for people with tuberculosis.

Treat fever

100-200g squash, peeled, seeded, sliced, appropriate amount of rock sugar, add a little water, stir well, cook into a sweet soup..

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