What are some tips for pregnant women to eliminate phlegm?

Some women will suffer from minor illnesses during pregnancy, such as colds, fever, headaches, etc. In particular, a large number of them will have phlegm in the throat. When pregnant women have phlegm in the throat, they will feel very uncomfortable. At this time, you can boil some rock sugar pear water or white radish water, which have the effect of removing phlegm.

1. Duck eggs

It is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and can clear away lung heat.

2. Tofu

Choose 1 piece of tofu skin, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook before eating. It has the effects of clearing heat and moistening dryness, clearing heat, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. It is especially suitable for those whose cough is caused by wind-heat or lung heat.

3. Nori

Nori is sweet, salty and cold in nature, and can resolve phlegm, soften hard masses and clear away heat. It is suitable for those who suffer from lung heat cough or wind heat cough with yellow, thick and fishy sputum.

4. Figs

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and clearing the intestines, reducing swelling and detoxifying, relieving sore throat and anti-cancer. It is mainly used to treat indigestion, enteritis, dysentery, constipation, hemorrhoids, sore throat, carbuncles and scabies.

5. Haizhepi

It is warm in nature, softens hard masses and resolves phlegm. 30g jellyfish skin (bleached) and 120g fresh water chestnuts, boil and drink, can also treat lymph tuberculosis.

6. Tangerine peel

Clinical experience in traditional Chinese medicine believes that tangerine peel has the effects of strengthening the stomach, removing phlegm, relieving cough and relieving stomach pain. For occasional colds, coughs and phlegm, using raw tangerine peel to make tea and adding some rock sugar can also help relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

7. Almonds

It can treat asthma, cough, gas reversal, phlegm accumulation, shortness of breath and other symptoms.

8. Lily

It has the effects of warming the lungs and stopping phlegm, clearing away heat and calming the mind, nourishing yin and clearing the heart.

9. Monk Fruit

It can clear the lungs and relieve cough. It is suitable for people with lung heat cough and wind heat cough. You can use 1 monk fruit and 15 grams of persimmon cake, boil them in water and drink them.

10. Sterculia lychnophora

It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. For those caused by external factors: 5 pieces of Sterculia lychnophora and 1 qian (3g) of licorice, stew them into tea and drink. A little rock sugar can be added for both the old and the young.

Pregnant women's diet recipes to relieve cough and reduce phlegm

1. Pear stewed with Sichuan Fritillary and rock sugar

Choose a pear with a thick yellow skin. Wash it without peeling it. Hollow out the middle and stuff it with about 10 to 30 grams of rock sugar. Put it in a bowl and steam it in water for 30 to 60 minutes. Then eat the flesh together with the soup.

2. Carrot and Red Date Soup

120 grams of carrots and 40 grams of red dates. First wash the red dates and soak them for 2 hours. Then wash the carrots and put them into the casserole together with the red dates. Add water and cook for about 1 hour until the red dates are cooked. Take 1 dose per day, divided into 2 doses in the morning and evening.

3. Scallion porridge

1 ounce of glutinous rice, 5 slices of ginger, 5 scallions with roots, and 3 cents of vinegar. Cook the glutinous rice in the usual way. When it is almost cooked, add ginger, onion and vinegar, mix well and eat while hot.

4. Lily and Egg Soup

60 grams of lily and 2 eggs. First wash the lilies, then put them into the pot together with the washed eggs, add appropriate amount of water, cook until the eggs are cooked, and remove the eggshells. Take one dose daily, drink the soup, eat eggs and lilies.

5. Honey and Egg Soup

35 grams of honey and 1 egg. Add 300 grams of honey and water and bring to a boil. Beat in the eggs and cook until slightly boiling. It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Suitable for dry cough and chronic cough caused by dry lungs. Take all at once, on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.

6. Steamed Eggs

1 egg, 1 spoon each of sugar and vegetable oil. Put the eggs (peeled) in a bowl (do not stir), add sugar and oil, and steam until cooked. Take it all at once before going to bed. Generally, taking it twice will cure a cough. For those with severe cough, taking it three or four times will have obvious therapeutic effects.

7. Radish stewed with maltose

2 white radishes and 60 grams of maltose, stew them and eat.

8. Radish and scallion

1 radish, 6 green onions, 15 grams of ginger. Use three bowls of water to boil the radish first, then add the scallion and ginger, and cook until there is one bowl of soup left. Take all the medicine including the residue at one time.

The above article has provided a detailed introduction to foods and recipes for relieving cough and reducing phlegm for pregnant women. For pregnant women, if they have symptoms of coughing and sputum, they can choose the food or recipes recommended in the article, but should avoid taking related medicines.