As the Cold Dew has begun, autumn is approaching, and the climate is becoming drier. Therefore, it's even more important to pay attention to physical health. So, what foods are good for clearing the lungs and relieving cough during the Cold Dew? Let's find out together. The eighth lunar month officially marks the end of the hot summer and the arrival of cool autumn. Do you know which solar terms occur in the eighth lunar month? Come with Laihuayi.com to see the solar terms in the eighth lunar month.

What should you eat during Cold Dew to clear the lungs and relieve cough?

Soy Milk

According to traditional Chinese medicine, soy milk has diuretic, moistening, and lung-clearing effects, making it suitable for drinking in autumn. Soy milk contains female hormones similar to those in the human body, which help keep the skin smooth and fair, and maintain body shape. With a high content of unsaturated fatty acids and fiber, soy milk also contains lecithin that can improve brain function, regulate blood lipids, increase calcium and bone density, and alleviate menopausal symptoms after menopause. In addition to traditional yellow soy milk, there are many other variations, such as these four ingredients: red dates, goji berries, mung beans, and lilies, which are the perfect companions for soy milk! Drinking them in autumn and winter can nourish the body, improve appearance, and warm the body.

Western Celery Stir-Fried with Pumpkin and Lily

Western celery has the effects of lowering blood pressure, calming, improving digestion, and diuresis. Lily is an excellent ingredient for moisturizing the lungs, removing dryness, stopping coughs, and dissolving phlegm in autumn. Pumpkin helps strengthen the spleen and stomach, and is not only a good food for liver protection, preventing gastritis, and treating night blindness, but also has the ability to neutralize carcinogens, making the skin soft, and helping prevent and relieve diabetes.

Shan Yao and Chestnut Porridge

Peel the shan yao (Chinese yam). Wash the red dates and remove the chestnuts. Cut the shan yao into evenly sized pieces. Put water in a pot, wash the rice and glutinous rice, then put them into the pot. Add the shan yao and red dates. After cooking for 40 minutes, add the chestnuts and goji berries and continue cooking for another 10 minutes or so until it's done. Shan yao helps strengthen the spleen, and chestnuts help replenish the kidneys. When cooked together, they can effectively strengthen the spleen and kidneys, and harmonize the stomach and intestines, helping to treat back pain and diarrhea.

Purple Sweet Potato Lily and Silver Ear Soup

Lily has the effects of moistening the lungs, stopping coughs, easing asthma, clearing heat, nourishing the heart, and calming the mind. Therefore, lily has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms caused by autumn heat, such as irritability and insomnia, dry throat and sore throat, nosebleeds, fatigue, poor appetite, low fever, insomnia, irritability, and thirst.

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