Benefits and Uses of Steamed Garlic Water
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, 1 large piece of rock sugar, small bowl of water
Method:
1. For adults, use 7–10 garlic cloves; for children, 3–5 cloves. Crush them on a cutting board.
2. Place in a small bowl with rock sugar. Add about half a bowl of cool boiled water and place in a steamer.
3. Steam for 15 minutes after steam rises. Remove, let cool, then drink the liquid. The garlic cloves may be discarded. Drink once in the morning and once at night. Coughing should subside within three to five days.It is highly effective for treating cold-induced coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. Garlic contains significant amounts of selenium, which plays a role in insulin synthesis in the human body. Therefore, it can be appropriately incorporated into the diets of diabetic patients.Rock sugar has a sweet taste and neutral nature, entering the lung and spleen meridians. It replenishes qi, harmonizes the stomach, and moistens the lungs. Rock sugar nourishes yin, generates fluids, moistens the lungs, and stops coughing. It provides excellent auxiliary treatment for dry coughs due to lung dryness, dry coughs without phlegm, and coughing up blood-tinged sputum.
Principle: Garlic's warming nature targets the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians, making it highly effective for treating cold-induced coughs and kidney deficiency coughs—a convenient and simple remedy. Garlic contains a pungent compound called "allyl sulfide," which effectively kills pathogens and parasites, helping prevent colds and alleviate symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat, and nasal congestion.Furthermore, the sulfur compounds in garlic possess remarkably potent antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, inhibiting and killing various cocci, bacilli, fungi, and viruses. It is currently recognized as the most potent natural plant-based antibacterial agent discovered.
Other Spring Cough & Cold Remedies
Steamed Orange with Fritillary Bulb
Ingredients: 1 orange, 5 fritillary bulbs
Method:
1. Wash the orange and cut off one end to form a lid.
2. Hollow out the center of the orange, pour in the fritillary bulbs, and replace the lid.
3. Place in a bowl and steam over water for 2 hours.
Fritillary bulbs are an excellent cough remedy!Rock Sugar Stewed Orange Ingredients: 1 orange, rock sugar to taste Method: 1. Wash the orange and slice it. 2. Place the slices in a stewing pot and add rock sugar. 3. Add an appropriate amount of water. 4. Place the pot in a steamer and stew for 2 hours.