Springtime weather is unpredictable, and many people suffer from respiratory illnesses. Actually, dietary therapy can effectively improve the symptoms of respiratory diseases; let's give it a try!

　　Ginseng, Astragalus and Yam Porridge

　　Ingredients: 15 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, half a catty of Dioscorea opposita, and 50 grams of glutinous rice.

　　To prepare, wash the Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, add 5 bowls of water and boil for about an hour. Remove the dregs, then add sliced ​​yam and glutinous rice and simmer for about 30 minutes.

　　Its effects include nourishing the lungs, strengthening the spleen, and replenishing qi, improving symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, lack of energy, loose stools, and diarrhea.

　　Almond, Fritillaria, and Lily Bulb Porridge

　　Ingredients: 30g each of almonds and lily bulbs, 15g of fritillaria cirrhosa, and 50g of glutinous rice.

　　To prepare, wash the almonds, fritillaria bulbs, and lily bulbs, add an appropriate amount of water and boil for about 1 hour. Remove the dregs, then add glutinous rice and cook for about 30 minutes.

　　Its effects include lowering qi, moistening the lungs, relieving cough, and improving symptoms such as cough with phlegm, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and dry mouth and tongue.

　　Yin-nourishing Tremella porridge

　　Ingredients: 3g of Adenophora stricta, 250g of Dioscorea opposita, 12g each of Polygonatum odoratum and Ophiopogon japonicus, 15g of red beans, and 8g of white fungus.

　　To prepare the broth, place the sand ginseng, Solomon's seal, and ophiopogon japonicus in a herb bag, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for about 40 minutes. Reserve the broth. Next, put the red beans in a pot, add water, soak for one hour, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it steep for about one hour. Then, bring the herb broth to a boil over high heat, add the red beans, yam, white fungus, and an appropriate amount of sugar. Bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and let it steep for about 20 minutes.

　　Its effects include nourishing yin and clearing heat, replenishing qi and blood, and improving symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, dry cough with little phlegm, dry mouth and tongue, irritability and excessive sweating, and constipation.