After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many patients with the “long COVID” whose lungs and respiratory tracts suffered lasting effects from the attack of the SARS-CoV-2, leaving them with persistent symptoms of dry mouth, itchy throat, and coughing easily.
Dr. Kao Hao-Yu, attending physician at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at MacKay Memorial Hospital, treats these patients with a remedy containing lily bulbs. A positive side benefit they’ve seen as their symptoms improve is that they also sleep better now.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that food plays an important role in curing and healing, and white lily bulbs are one of the foods that nourish the lungs. As confirmed by modern medicine, other white-colored foods also have the effect of nourishing the lungs and protecting the respiratory tract….