Ejiao (Donkey-hide gelatin, 阿胶) is often used to treat anemia, dizziness, insomnia, dry cough, and many blood related disorders. Traditionally, Ejiao is used in TCM for treating bleeding, such as hematemesis, hemoptysis, hemafecia, hematuria, metrostaxis, metrorrhagia, etc. Ejiao has effects…
In Ayurveda, vata is “wind” dosha. Wind by nature is dry. So vata cough (Vataja Kasa) presents a dry cough. When a person suffers from a vata cough, the common symptoms may include the following: the cough is accompanied by…
Tremella Lily Lotus Seed Soup (Yin Er Bai He Lian Zi Tang, 银耳百合莲子汤) is a traditional Chinese remedy and dessert. It is recommended for nourishing lungs, relieving dryness in autumn, and treating dry cough, lung heat, insomnia and nerves. White…
Rock Sugar Tremella Soup (Bing Tang Yin Er Tang, 冰糖银耳汤) is a traditional Chinese remedy and dessert. It is effective in moisturizing the lungs and skin, reducing excessive heat in the upper body, and relieving dryness. According to traditional Chinese…
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…
Slippery elm and licorice can be taken orally to relieve a dry cough and sore throat. Both slippery elm and licorice have effects to soothe the irritation in the throat, reduce inflammation in the throat and lungs. These two herbs…
Lingzhi, Lotus seed, Bai He and Pork Soup is a recipe in Chinese food therapy. It is used to help treat dry lungs, dry cough and TB (tuberculosis). According to traditional Chinese medicine, lingzhi (ganoderma lucidum), lotus seed and bai…
Strawberry can be used to relieve the symptoms of dry cough, sore throat, heat stroke, hoarseness, bleeding gums, mouth ulcers and lung fever. Strawberry is a sour and sweet fruit. One cup (236 g) of strawberries contains approximately 45 kilo-calories…
When using herbal remedies to treat coughs, you should know the differece between two types of coughs. There are two types of coughs Dry cough: no sputum or liquid of any sort is evident. Wet cough: a lot of liquid…
Pear is a “cool” fruit with cooling and moistening effects. It is good to help ease dry cough and fever. In many Asian countries, people eat pears with sugar or honey to cure a dry cough, lung flam and dry…
