Autumn Remedies for Dry Skin, Dry Cough and Itchy Throat – Pear, Honey, Rock Sugar, Astragalus, Slippery Elm
Autumn is a dry season, the weather turns cold and dry. The cold and dry air is easy to do harm to our skins and lungs. In autumn, many people’s skin are dry and itchy, and many people suffer from dry cough and itchy throat. To protect ourselves from the external invasion and relieve the dry condition, it is necessary to give our body moisture in autumn.
There are many home remedies that have moisturizing properties or can protect the body from moisture loss. The following are some of them:
1. Pears. Pears have effects to moisturize lungs, and relieve dry cough and itchy throat. Eating steamed pears with rock sugar is a folk remedy for treating dry cough and itchy throat. You can eat fresh pears or caned pears in syrup. Read Home Remedies – Pears for Dry Cough, Lung Flam and Dry Skin
2. Honey. Honey has effects to moisturize respiratory system, lungs and large intestine, and help treating dry itchy skin and throat. Eat a handful of almonds, with a teaspoon of honey, twice a day. It will help to relieve dry cough and constipation, and help moisturizing skin. Read more honey remedies.
3. Rock Sugar. White rock sugar has cooling and moisturizing effects. It can be used to relieve itchy throat and dry cough. You can use it as a throat lozenge, let it dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve a dry cough and soothe irritated tissues of the throat. Read Rock Sugar, Pear, Orange Peel and Bitter Almond for Cough and Sore Throat
4. Astragalus. Astragalus (Huang Qi) is a Chinese herb. According to traditional Chinese medicine guidelines, astragalus is a warming tonic. Astragalus itself has no moisturizing properties, but it has effects to tonify lungs and strengthen skin protection against moisture loss and irritation. For those who have a weak lung function, and often get cold, flu and cough in autumn and winter seasons, astragalus can increase their lungs’ function. Many cough drugs and remedies have a “downwarding” effect – they “drive” Qi down out of lungs. If a cough is caused by a uprising Qi, using a downwarding medicine or remedy is effective. But if a cough is caused by a weak lung function, using a downwarding medicine or remedy is entirely wrong in direction, because it will even more weaken the lungs. That may explain why many people suffer cough for weeks or months and have tried all cough drugs and remedies and no one works – because what they have used have wrong effects in wrong direction. Read more about astragalus.
5. Slippery Elm. Slippery Elm is an herb used by Native Americans to treat many ailments, including dry cough, sore throat and itchy skin. You can use slippery elm and licorice to make a tea for treating coughs and sore throats. Here is how to make a slippery elm and licorice tea.
For more information about natural remedies for cough, go to Natural Remedies Center: http://www.naturalremediescenter.com/treat/cough/
