The best Chinese medicine for the lungs

The lungs have many functions and are a very important organ. If we want our bodies to be healthier, we must protect our five internal organs. But now there are more and more patients with lung diseases. Especially in autumn and winter, if you don't pay attention to care, you are prone to catching a cold. In severe cases, it can induce pneumonia. In normal times, you can use some Chinese medicine to regulate the lungs. So what are the best Chinese medicines for the lungs?

A complete list of Chinese medicine remedies that are good for the lungs:

Coltsfoot

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coltsfoot flowers are pungent and warm in nature, enter the lung meridian, and have the functions of moistening the lungs, lowering qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Coltsfoot flowers are often used after being roasted with honey, which is called roasted coltsfoot flowers, to enhance their effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and relieving asthma. In clinical practice, winter flower is often used in combination with other medicines to enhance the efficacy. For example, winter flower focuses on relieving cough, while aster focuses on removing phlegm. In cough-relieving prescriptions, the two medicines are often used in combination to achieve the effect of removing phlegm and relieving cough. If it is used in combination with ephedra, apricot kernel, and perilla seed, it is called Kuandong Dingchuan Decoction, which is used to treat phlegm, cough and asthma that occur when exposed to cold, and it has a very good effect.

Adenophora

Adenophora is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold in nature. It enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, benefiting the stomach and producing fluid. It is suitable for symptoms such as dry cough with little sputum and dry throat caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness or heat damage to lung yin, and dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little coating, and dry stool caused by heat damage to stomach yin in febrile diseases or yin deficiency and fluid deficiency in long-term illness.

15 grams each of Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of crystal sugar. Add appropriate amount of water to Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus and boil until boiling, remove the residue and take out the juice. Use this juice to cook porridge with rice. When the porridge is almost done, add rock sugar for seasoning. Take one dose per day. It has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, moistening the lungs and producing body fluid, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Platycodon grandiflorum

Platycodon grandiflorum is bitter, pungent and slightly warm in nature. It can promote bronchial secretion and has the effects of relieving cough, reducing phlegm, and promoting lung function and discharging pus. It is used for symptoms such as chest pain caused by lung abscess, coughing up pus and blood, and yellow and smelly sputum, and has the effect of discharging pus.

10 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum and 100 grams of rice. Clean the Platycodon grandiflorum, put it into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, soak for 5-10 minutes, boil it in water to extract the juice, add rice and cook porridge until it is cooked. Take one dose per day. It can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. It is suitable for cough caused by lung heat, yellow and sticky phlegm, or dry cough that is difficult to cough up.