Chills and clear phlegm? Warm ginger onion soup
Ginger spring onion soup for wind-cold cough
Warming spring onion, ginger, and apricot-kernel soup for wind-cold cough with clear phlegm and chills. Kitchen habit from the cough Insight.
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Place 6–10 g mulberry leaf and 6–10 g chrysanthemum in a pot with water. Bring to a boil, then let it cool slightly and sip as tea. In TCM this pair is used when flu-type heat or an occasional dry cough shows. It is food therapy, not a flu cure or a substitute for a pattern read.
Recipe
The method
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Measure
Measure 6–10 g mulberry leaf and 6–10 g chrysanthemum into a small pot.
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Boil
Add about 400–500 ml water. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
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Cool and sip
Turn off the heat. Let it cool for a short while, then sip warm as tea. Use when flu signs or a dry cough are present, then stop.
Try today Boil one pot when flu signs or a dry cough show, then stop.
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Kitchen recipes are educational, not personal medical advice. Seek urgent care for high fever, breathlessness, or blood in sputum. Book a consult if flu signs or a dry cough last beyond a few days.
FAQs
Quick questions
Is chrysanthemum tea good for a dry cough?
Often when the cough feels dry or tickly with heat signs. Chrysanthemum with mulberry leaf is cooling. A cold cough with clear watery phlegm and chills usually wants warming food therapy instead.
How is this different from mulberry chrysanthemum tea for wind-heat cough?
That brew adds burdock seed and peppermint for thick yellow phlegm and a sore throat. This cup is only mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum, used for early flu signs or an occasional dry cough.
Can I drink this every day?
Occasional use when flu or dry-cough signs are present is the educational habit. Daily strong cooling teas can weaken the Spleen for some people. Stop if you feel colder or stools loosen.
Who should skip this brew?
Do not use it if there is any chance of pregnancy. Ease off with a cool constitution, loose stools, or clear watery phlegm with chills. Ask your physician if fever, breathlessness, or the cough is new or lasting.
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