Snow Pear and Lily Bulb Soup
Ingredients
- 1 snow pear
- Dried lily bulb 10–20g
- Rock sugar to taste (optional)
Principle
Snow pear promotes fluids, moistens dryness, clears heat, and resolves phlegm; lily nourishes yin, moistens lung, and quiets heart. Together they clear and moisten, targeting lung fluid depletion from dryness and heat—nourishing yin and fluids to ease throat and airway dryness.
Effects & uses
Suitable for dry sore throat, dry cough with little phlegm, and throat itch from lung dryness or yin deficiency; throat care in dry seasons or after voice use; adjunct after common cold when residual heat remains with dry cough (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Soak dried lily in water 30 minutes; wash pear, core, and cut into pieces.
- Place pear and lily in pot (or stew jar) with water; boil then simmer 20–30 minutes until lily is soft.
- Add rock sugar before serving.
How to use
- Drink warm soup; eat pear and lily; may substitute for tea warm—not in excess.
Caution
Not for spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools; not for wind-cold cough with copious clear phlegm; use sugar cautiously with diabetes; menstruating women who are cold-prone or cramp easily should avoid or take small warm doses. Persistent cough, bloody sputum, or high fever requires medical care. Not a substitute for medication.
Source
Compiled from Henan Provincial Health Commission, China Medical Information Platform, Yangcheng Evening News, and Medicinal Diet Treasury records. To be manually verified.