What fruit is good to eat when you have a cough and phlegm?

Fruits like pears, apples, persimmons, grapefruits, mangoes and water chestnuts have certain effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough. If you have a cough and phlegm, you can eat more of these fruits.

1. Pear: It is sweet and cold in nature. Eating it raw can clear away heat and detoxify, promote fluid production and moisten dryness, and clear the heart and reduce fire. Whenever there is heat in the heart, or evil heat acts as yin, there is thirst and irritability, or it is in the late stage of fever, it is advisable to use nourishing food therapy, which has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It can treat symptoms such as yin deficiency and lung dryness, cough, dry throat and hoarseness, shortness of breath, and constipation.

2. Apple: It is sweet and cool in nature. It can be eaten raw or boiled into a paste (jam). It has the effect of replenishing spleen qi and nourishing stomach yin. It can be used as a nourishing food for those who suffer from insufficient qi, fatigue and poor appetite. Drinking the juice has the effect of promoting fluid production, appetizing, moistening the lungs and pleasing the heart. It can cure symptoms such as irritability, thirst, cough, and night sweats.

3. Persimmon: sweet and astringent, cold in nature. Eating it raw can moisten the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and relieve coughs. It can be eaten for all patients with tuberculosis cough that does not heal for a long time, cough with a lot of phlegm, and consumptive disease with a little blood. Red and soft ripe persimmons have the effect of clearing heat from the lungs and stomach, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and can treat symptoms such as dry mouth and chapped lips, and irritability.

4. Pomelo: sweet and sour in taste, cold in nature. Its juice can produce body fluid and quench thirst, harmonize the stomach and eliminate stagnation, and aid digestion. It can stimulate the appetite. The pomelo fruit can be boiled and honey can be added to make a paste, which can regulate qi and eliminate phlegm. It can be eaten to treat chronic bronchitis and chronic pharyngitis.

5. Mango: It is sweet, sour, cool and non-toxic. It has the functions of benefiting the stomach, quenching thirst and promoting diuresis. Mango has good color, fragrance and taste, high nutritional value and is rich in vitamins and sugars.

6. Water chestnuts: They can be eaten raw, boiled or fried, but it is best to steam or boil them. You can also peel them and squeeze out the juice. It can treat sore throat and has a certain auxiliary effect in treating colds and coughs.