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Harness the power of chive flowers and coriander leaves.
Chive flowers, a staple seasoning in Vietnamese cuisine, not only enhance the flavor of dishes but also possess highly effective medicinal properties. Rich in essential oils containing sunfua and antibiotic allicin, malic acid, galantin, and allinsufit, they are beneficial for patients with sore throat, hoarseness, and productive coughs. With its spicy-sweet taste and warming properties, chive flowers have decongestant, antibacterial, detoxifying, and blood-circulating effects. Gargling with chive flower infusion alongside fresh ginger, 2-3 times daily, yields rapid results. You can also use a syrup made from steeped chives and honey overnight, which is highly effective in relieving coughs. For persistent coughing or hoarseness, crush chive flowers and apply to the throat.
Rinse your mouth with salt water
Saltwater mouthwash is beneficial for health as it has antibacterial properties. It helps reduce throat pain and prevent infection. Patients often feel discomfort in the throat, with frequent coughing up of white, sticky mucus, especially in the morning after waking up. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40% of respiratory infection patients experience significant improvement by rinsing their mouths with salt water 3 times a day.
Plum Fruit
In traditional medicine, plum fruit, with its sour taste, when processed with salt, becomes salty and warm, entering the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians. It has the function of nourishing the lungs, relieving coughs, antibacterial, increasing fluid secretion, reducing heat, stopping bleeding, and inducing sweating. Using plum fruit soaked in sugar water helps relieve thirst, clear heat, reduce sweating, prevent dehydration, and plum fruit soaked in alcohol becomes plum wine, relieving thirst, and making meals more appetizing. Plum fruit soaked in salt forms plum preserves which treat coughs, remove phlegm, asthma, difficult breathing, and swelling... Plum fruit is a familiar type of fruit, widely used in daily life, plum fruit soaked in sugar water not only relieves thirst but also has excellent medicinal properties. Plums have a sour, slightly bitter taste, non-toxic, can ascend, can descend, help regulate qi, and play a vital role in cough remedies, especially in cases of long-term coughs, dry throat, generating body fluids, treating neck pain, and many other conditions. Plum water soaked in sugar or plum preserves have similar effects in treating coughs.
5. Ginger Honey Tea
A type of tea made from fresh ginger and honey is considered as a miraculous remedy to quickly alleviate throat pain. In India, people use this herbal tea as a daily healthy beverage. Use fresh ginger, peel and wash it, slice it thinly and steep it in boiling water for about 20 minutes, then add a few tablespoons of honey and drink it every morning as an effective method to treat coughs with phlegm, dry coughs, and asthma. Additionally, drinking a cup of ginger honey tea every day helps boost immunity, enhance the immune system, and prevent common colds and flu. Ginger tea or honey tea has anti-inflammatory effects, relieves itching, reduces chest discomfort or tension. Honey can form a protective barrier for the inflamed throat, preventing irritation that causes coughing, thus effectively reducing throat pain.
Hoa ngọc lan, also known as orchid, is a beautiful flower with a captivating fragrance. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in our country. Orchids have a slightly warm taste with hints of bitterness and spice. They are known for their ability to treat conditions such as coughs, difficult urination, bloating, nausea, fever, and high blood pressure. Harvest the flower buds before they bloom, dry them in the shade until they are completely dry, and store them for later use. It is recommended to harvest during the flowering season from May to August. For common coughs and sore throats, a popular remedy is to steam orchids with honey, then consume the mixture for about 20 minutes. For treating whooping cough, a combination of orchids, kumquat leaves, and boiled water can be consumed three times a day.
When experiencing a sore throat, the sensation of heat and discomfort in the throat can make eating and drinking difficult. However, this condition is often not severe enough to warrant a visit to the hospital. Aside from hindering swallowing, a sore throat can also affect the quality of your sleep, leading to restless nights. To alleviate the pain and irritation without seeking medical attention, there are several home remedies you can try. One effective method is using orchids for sore throat relief.
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Lemon and Salt Solution
Lemon and salt solution contains essential oils that soothe the throat and high vitamin C content, potassium, minerals, and trace elements. Moreover, lemon combined with salt has a salty taste and high antibacterial properties, preventing the invasion and growth of bacteria, reducing symptoms of dry cough, productive cough, and throat irritation immediately. You can directly use a slice of lemon with a few grains of salt.
