What to do if you have a cold or cough during pregnancy

During the second trimester of pregnancy, you should be careful not to catch a cold, otherwise your body will become very uncomfortable and it will also have a great impact on the fetus in your belly. Therefore, you should pay attention to keeping yourself warm. If you have a cough, you should improve your condition through some diet. Usually, you should not use medication to avoid greater impact on your body.

Fresh pear and Fritillaria for treating cough and lung abscess

500 grams of fresh pears, 6 grams of Fritillaria powder, and 30 grams of white sugar. Peel the pear, split it in half, remove the core, fill it with ground Fritillaria and sugar, put it in a bowl and steam it until cooked. Take it in the morning and evening to clear away heat and resolve phlegm, disperse stagnation and relieve exterior symptoms. It is used to treat cough or lung abscess, with symptoms such as chest pain, chills, cough, fever, dry mouth, dry throat, yellow and smelly phlegm or phlegm with blood and pus.

Drinking horse milk can clear away heat and stop cough

300 ml of fresh mare's milk and appropriate amount of white sugar. Boil the mare's milk and add sugar when drinking. According to Tang Materia Medica, horse milk can quench thirst and cure fever, and has the effects of nourishing blood, promoting body fluid, moistening dryness and relieving cough. It has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on tuberculosis-induced cough and hot flashes.

Rock sugar bird's nest porridge treats chronic cough due to lung deficiency

10 grams of bird's nest, 100 grams of rice, and 50 grams of rock sugar. Soak the bird's nest in warm water until soft, remove the fluff and dirt, and then put it into a bowl of boiling water to continue swelling; take high-quality rice, wash it clean and put it into a pot, add three bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat; put the expanded and pure bird's nest into the pot and simmer with the rice for about 1 hour, add rock sugar and let it melt. Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm, treats chronic cough due to lung deficiency and cough and asthma that damages yin.

Bird's Nest Pear Nourishes Lung Yin

5 grams of bird's nest (soaked in water), 2 white pears, 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, and 5 grams of rock sugar. Dig out the core of a white pear, put the other three ingredients inside the pear, cover it tightly, put it in a bowl, and stew it in water. Take it to nourish yin and moisten dryness, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and treat long-term phlegm cough, shortness of breath and fatigue.

Radish and pepper relieve cough and eliminate phlegm

1 radish, 5 white peppercorns, 3 slices of ginger, and 1 slice of tangerine peel. Add water and boil for 30 minutes, drink the soup twice a day; it can relieve gas and eliminate phlegm, and treat cough with excessive phlegm.

Soy milk drink moistens the lungs, calms coughs and reduces phlegm

Soybeans and rock sugar. Soak soybeans and grind them into juice. After boiling, add sugar and drink it. Drink 1 bowl on an empty stomach every morning. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisten dryness and reduce water content, clear the lungs, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. It can treat malnutrition, emaciation, lung heat and cough, etc.

Tofu candy relieves cough, phlegm and asthma

500 grams of tofu, 100 grams each of brown sugar and white sugar. Dig a hole in the tofu, add red and white sugar, put it in a bowl and cook for 30 minutes; eat it all at once, take 4 times in a row; it can clear away heat, promote salivation, moisten dryness, and treat cough, phlegm and asthma.