Onions have a good role in treating cough, especially for cough caused by common cold with wind-cold symptoms, as well as cough caused by allergic reasons, and has a good nourishing and therapeutic effect. You can cut the onions into small pieces, boil them in water, or steam them, and then drink a proper amount every day, continuing for several days, which can achieve a good therapeutic effect. In addition to onions, radishes, almonds, and silver ear also have certain therapeutic effects.

(1)萝卜茶

Using 100 grams of white radish and 5 grams of tea leaves. Boil the tea leaves in boiling water for 5 minutes, take the juice; wash the white radish, slice it, and cook it in a pot until soft, then pour in the tea juice. Take two doses a day, at any time, and drink warm. It has the effect of clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and promoting digestion. It is suitable for cough with a lot of phlegm and poor appetite. This tea is easy to get the raw materials, simple to make, and is more suitable for those with lung heat and a lot of phlegm coughing.

(2)杏梨茶

Using 10 grams of bitter almond, 1 large pear, and a little rock sugar. Peel and crush the almonds; peel and cut the pear into pieces; add an appropriate amount of water, cook together, and add rock sugar when the mixture is cooked. Drink as tea, at any time. This tea can moisten the lungs and stop coughing. It is suitable for dry heat type acute tracheitis and coughing.

(3) Silver Ear and Rock Sugar Pudding

Using 10 grams of silver ear and 20 grams of rock sugar. First, remove the root of the silver ear, pick out impurities, and soak in cold water until it swells and softens. Then put the silver ear and rock sugar in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat for 90 minutes until the silver ear is soft and the soup is thick. Eat it at night, once a day. It can nourish yin and moisten dryness, resolve phlegm and stop coughing. It is suitable for dry cough with little phlegm, difficulty in expectoration, and blood in the sputum due to insufficient lung yin.

(4) Yam and Almond Porridge

Using 100 grams of yam and millet, 20 grams of almond, and an appropriate amount of butter. Boil the yam, and fry the millet into powder; roast the almonds, peel and remove the tip, and grind into powder. Take 10 grams of almond powder on an empty stomach, mixed with an appropriate amount of yam and millet powder, and consume with butter. It can strengthen the middle-jiao and boost the qi, warm the middle-jiao and moisten the lungs. It is suitable for symptoms such as spleen deficiency, weakness, and prolonged coughing due to lung deficiency.