Simple and effective way to treat cough with kha tu

Myrobalan fruit is one of the simple ways that the ancients used it as medicine to treat diseases. One of the medicinal uses that many people know is that Myrobalan is very effective in treating coughs.

Characteristics of kha tu

Myrobalan fruit is also called Chieu Lieu, Kha Le. Myrobalan is a tree 15 - 20m tall. Leaves grow opposite, short petioles. Flowers are white, fragrant, grow in clusters at the ends of branches or leaf axils.

The fruit has a light brown shell, is oval (2.5 - 3cm in diameter), has 5 longitudinal edges, is pointed at both ends, and contains a small, hard seed. The fruit ripens around September, October, and November, and is dried for use as medicine. The fruit has an astringent, bland, slightly sour taste and is cool in nature.

How to treat cough with kha tu is simple and effective.

How to treat cough with kha tu

When you have a sore throat or feel difficulty swallowing or slight pain in the throat when swallowing, you must treat it immediately by: holding a myrobalan fruit in your mouth, swallowing the juice slowly until the astringent substance is gone. After a few hours, if you still feel uncomfortable, hold another fruit in your mouth.

You can peel a piece of fresh turmeric the size of your thumb and suck it like kha tu. You should usually suck it right away when you feel difficulty swallowing. Just sucking on 1 kha tu will cure your sore throat.

If you use the medicine late, take 3 fruits every day for 2-3 days and sore throat, dry cough, and loss of voice will all be cured. Another way is to combine 8g of myrobalan with 6g of licorice, 10g of Platycodon grandiflorum, boil to get water to drink every day.

Used a lot in treating coughs with phlegm for children: roast the kha tu, then drop it into a cup of hot water with a little salt for the child to suck, very effective.

Long-term cough: use 4g of kha tu and dang sam each, boil with 400ml, divide into 1/2 and drink 3 times.

Other medicinal uses of myrobalan

Myrobalan fruit is a medicinal herb used to treat chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, spermatorrhea, night sweats, hemorrhoids, and leukorrhea. Use 3-6g per day in the form of decoction or 3-6 medium-sized pills, which is enough to cause a laxative effect, so do not overdose.

Leaves that have been punctured by worms and produce flat, hollow, horn-shaped blisters can be used to treat diarrhea and dysentery in children. Children 1 year old use a dose of 0.05g; drink once every 3 hours.

According to Vietnamese Family