During the winter months, many people suffer from coughing due to the cold weather. In addition to the common situation of "uncomfortable throat and phlegm in cough", in the case of dry, itchy, painful, and phlegm, proper consumption of foods that moisturize the lungs and relieve cough is also very effective. People usually think of pear, loquat, kumquat, etc., but in fact, there is a less common "cough and phlegm master", that is, olives.
Olive is a kind of fruit tree, mainly distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangzhou, Yunnan and other places in China, as well as some foreign origins, such as some Southeast Asian countries. In my hometown of Guangxi, olives are also one of the common fruit trees, and when I was a child, my grandparents would collect olives and pickle them into pickles, which tasted fragrant. When I have a cough, they will give me a drink of salted olives, which will make my throat comfortable and the cough symptoms will be relieved.
Olive has the effect of clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, and has a certain relieving effect on symptoms such as pulmonary fever cough, thick sputum, yellow sputum, and white sputum. This is great for those who have a dry, itchy, aching, coughing and phlegm. Olives can not only be eaten as is, but can also be made into a variety of delicious dishes, and here are a few common olive recipes.
1.Prepare the ingredients: one fresh pork lung, half a catty of pork bones, 13 green olives, and an appropriate amount of ginger. When buying pig lungs, it is necessary to choose the lung lobes with pink color, full shape and good elasticity, without damage and dark spots.
2.Cleaning pig lungs: After washing the pig lungs, grab them with salt and rinse them with water. After cutting into pieces, blanch ginger slices with boiling water to remove impurities and blood from the surface of the lungs.
3.Prepare the olives: Pat the green olives apart or cut them into a few knives to make it easier to release the aroma and efficacy of the olives.
4.Soup: Put the boiled lungs, olives, pork bones, and ginger slices in a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for an hour and a half. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste.
This green olive pig lung soup has the effect of moisturizing dryness, nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs, olives can quench thirst, ** sore throat, and pig lungs have the effect of nourishing the lungs and moisturizing dryness, the combination of the two can relieve the problem of dry throat and cough with phlegm.
1.Prepare ingredients: 2 catties of green olives, a piece of ginger, 100 grams of sugar, 200 grams of salt. Wash the olives.
2.Pound the olives: Gently tap the olives with a garlic pounder or the back of a kitchen knife to crack them until the kernels are not separated. Beat 2 to 3 times until the olives crack.
3. Prepare the marinade: mash the ginger into shreds, then add salt and sugar, and stir well.
4.Pickled olives: Place the pounded olives and marinade in a container and stir well with your hands. Then close the lid and leave it overnight.
5.Drying: The pickled olives are spread out the next day and dried evenly. The drying time needs to be determined according to the condition of the olives, and generally two days of drying is enough. Once dried, they can be bottled to preserve the olives in their freshness.
This pickled salted ginger olives can clear away heat and detoxify, dissolve phlegm and dissipate accumulation, and is very effective for sore throat and cough with phlegm caused by colds. For children who eat too much and cause stomach distension and discomfort, you can use old olive grits to soak in water to drink, which is very effective. If you have a sore throat, you can also soak the marinated ginger olives in water and drink them.
As an uncommon food that moistens the lungs and relieves cough, olives have the effect of clearing heat and dissolving phlegm. It can be used to relieve symptoms of a dry throat, cough with phlegm. There are many ways to make olives, such as pork lung soup with green olives and pickled salted ginger olives. Green olive pork lung soup can moisten dryness, nourish yin and nourish the lungs, while pickled salted ginger olives have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dissolving phlegm and dissipating accumulation. These practices are a great way to relieve symptoms of dry throat and phlegm, making them ideal for winter consumption.