1. Radish and Scallion for Wind-Cold Cough
1 radish, 6 scallions, 15 grams of ginger. Use three bowls of water to boil the radish first until soft, then add scallions and ginger, and reduce to one bowl of soup. Consume the entire mixture including the residue at once. Promotes lung function and resolves exterior patterns, transforms phlegm and relieves cough. Treats wind-cold cough, excessive foamy phlegm, accompanied by chills, fatigue, and body aches.
2. Brown Sugar Ginger-Date Soup for Cold-Induced Cough
30 grams of brown sugar, 15 grams of fresh ginger, 30 grams of red dates.
Boil with three bowls of water until reduced to half. Drink all at once; sweating slightly indicates recovery.
Expels wind and disperses cold. Treats cold-induced cough, stomach cold pain, postpartum diarrhea from cold exposure, and lochia retention.
3. Coriander Soup for Cold-Induced Cough
30 grams of coriander (Chinese parsley), 30 grams of maltose, 100 grams of rice.
First, wash the rice and cook into soup. Take three spoonfuls of rice soup, mix with coriander and maltose, steam for 10 minutes. Consume while hot, avoiding wind and cold.
Promotes sweating and clears exterior patterns. Treats cough caused by colds and flu.
4. White Radish Honey for Wind-Cold Cough
1 large white radish, 30 grams of honey, 5 white peppercorns, 2 grams of ephedra.
Wash the radish, cut into slices, place in a bowl, pour in honey, white peppercorns, and ephedra, then steam for half an hour. Consume while hot and rest in bed until sweating occurs—cure achieved.
Induces sweating to dispel cold, relieves cough and transforms phlegm. Treats wind-cold cough.
5. Sheep Honey Ointment for Deficient Labor Cough and Lung Atrophy
250 grams of cooked sheep fat, 250 grams of cooked sheep marrow, 250 grams of white honey, 100 milliliters of ginger juice, 500 milliliters of raw rehmannia juice.
First, simmer the sheep fat until boiling; then add sheep marrow and bring to boil again; next add honey, rehmannia juice, and ginger juice, stirring continuously over low heat until thickened into a paste. Take one spoonful daily on an empty stomach, mixed with warm wine, or used as ginger tea or porridge.
Nourishes deficiency, moistens the lungs, expels wind and detoxifies. Treats yin deficiency fever, bone-steaming labor fever, weakness from chronic illness, cough with lung atrophy, and also moisturizes lungs and skin.
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