Chives and goby fish treat cough

According to traditional medicine, children's coughs have many causes, mostly due to cold lungs, heat in the lungs or food stagnation. This disease is closely related to diet.

Here are some foods and remedies to prevent and treat coughs according to 3 common symptoms.

If the child has a cough with a lot of thin phlegm, clear nasal discharge, and cough increases when exposed to cold wind due to cold lungs... it is best to eat foods that warm and nourish the lungs and reduce phlegm, including:

- Recipe 1 (steamed kumquat with honey): 4-5 ripe kumquats, 20g rock sugar, 3 slices of fresh ginger, steam and squeeze out the juice to drink several times a day.

- Recipe 2 (tangerine peel, steamed with rock sugar): 20 - 30g sliced ​​tangerine peel or orange peel, 20g rock sugar, 3 slices of ginger steamed and drunk.

- Recipe 3 (braised goby fish): 2-3 goby fish 100g, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 20g tangerine peel, add turmeric, onion, pepper and spices to taste. In addition, dishes made from meat, fish, vegetables, tubers and fruits should be seasoned with warm spices such as ginger, turmeric, pepper and should increase the intake of coriander, perilla, mint, dill, mustard greens, basil, onions, chives, shallots, peanuts... Fruits should be eaten such as tangerines, apples, grapes, strawberries, custard apples are all good.

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If you have a dry cough, coughing fits, yellow phlegm, constipation, yellow urine due to lung heat... You should eat foods that nourish and cool the lungs, including:

- Recipe 1 (leek soup): 100g leek, 50g minced pork, 50g soft tofu, ginger and onion seasoning to taste.

- Recipe 2 (radish extract): 100g radish, sliced, 2 cups of sugarcane juice, boil down to 1 cup, drink 2-3 times.

- Recipe 3 (Gotu kola soup): 100g Gotu kola, 50g minced pork, cooking spices.

- Recipe 4 (snakehead fish soup): Grill 1 snakehead fish, take the meat, add 100g of Chinese clematis and spices. If you have a long-lasting cough, you should use the following ingredients: 6g of tangerine peel, 6g of rehmannia root bark, 6g of fritillary bulb, 6g of ophiopogon root bark, 4g of scutellaria root bark, 4g of platycodon root bark, 4g of licorice root bark, 3 slices of ginger, cook and drink or stew the duck to eat. In addition, increase the intake of other dishes, mainly prepared with the flavors of pennywort, chives, Malabar spinach, collard greens, Chinese clematis root bark, lettuce, bean sprouts, watercress, sugarcane, lemon, grapefruit, cherry, and strawberry. These are all cool and good for children to eat.

If children cough and easily vomit phlegm, have a full stomach, do not want to eat, have difficulty breathing due to food accumulation... it is best to choose dishes that strengthen the spleen, digest food, and dissolve phlegm made from chives, watercress, sprouts, Vietnamese coriander, bitter herbs, shallots, coriander, spiny coriander, perilla, dill, basil, spiny coriander and herbs and spices such as ginger, turmeric, and should eat fruits such as tangerines, grapefruit, star fruit, papaya, and star fruit flowers.

If you have a cough with too much phlegm, use the following recipe: 4g mustard seeds, 4g radish seeds, 4g perilla seeds. How to use: roast until fragrant, decoct and drink 1 dose per day. This recipe is very suitable for children with cough with phlegm, difficulty breathing, poor appetite, and full stomach.

To prevent and treat coughs and asthma in children, you should note: If the cough is caused by cold lungs, avoid cold raw foods such as oranges, bamboo shoots, eggplants, cold water, coconut water, ice cream, snails and foods that are too sour or bitter. If it is caused by heat in the lungs, avoid dry, spicy, hot, or salty foods. If it is caused by food stagnation, avoid fried foods, grilled meat, greasy foods, and foods that are difficult to digest.

According to Traditional Medicine Practitioner Minh Phuc - Knowledge - NT