Does pear help treat cough and reduce phlegm?

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I heard that pears are effective in treating coughs and reducing phlegm. So can anyone use pears for this purpose, doctor?

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BSCK2 Huynh Tan Vu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City answered:

The cough-relieving and expectorant effects of pears have long been recognized. Eating pears helps moisten the lungs, reduce heat, produce body fluids, nourish the blood, cure hoarseness, laxatives, cure boils, and sober up with quite high efficiency.

According to scientific analysis, pears contain protein, lipid, cellulose, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, glucose, acetic acid...

Regular consumption of pears is effective in treating high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease (leading to dizziness, irregular heartbeat, tinnitus), tuberculosis, and acute bronchitis. The rich vitamin and sugar content in pears helps protect the liver, nourish the liver, and aid digestion.

Remedies using pears:

- Dry cough due to lung heat: Remove seeds from a few pears, crush them, add rock sugar, steam until the sugar dissolves, then eat; the medicine has the effect of clearing heat and reducing cough.

- Coughing up a lot of phlegm mixed with blood: Take 1.5kg of seedless pears, simmer into a paste, add honey in moderate amount and mix well. Each time take out 2-3 teaspoons and mix with boiling water to drink. The medicine has the effect of moistening the lungs, producing body fluids, and dissolving phlegm.

- Burping: 1 pear, 15 cloves, remove pear seeds, put cloves inside, wrap in 4-5 layers of wet paper, simmer until soft and eat.

- Bronchitis: 2 pears, 10 grams of fritillary powder, 30 grams of rock sugar. Remove the pear seeds, put fritillary powder and rock sugar in the pear, steam and eat twice a day, early morning and evening.

- Reduce phlegm, relieve constipation: Use pear juice, water chestnut juice, cogon root juice, barley seed juice, lotus root juice, stir well, drink cold or hot.

- Cure bad breath: Eat 2 pears before going to bed.

- Children with heat stroke and loss of appetite: Wash 3 pears, cut into pieces, add 3 liters of water, boil until reduced to 1 liter, discard residue, add rice and cook porridge for children to eat.

Note that because pears are cold, people with cold stomach pain and diarrhea should not eat them; at the same time, do not eat crushed pears to avoid intestinal diseases.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/qua-le-co-tac-dung-tri-ho-tieu-dom-192240116011034819.htm