Cauliflower Steamed Egg for Cold Cough

Patient: After taking medicine for a cold, my runny nose and headache disappeared, but I kept coughing without phlegm. Despite trying many cough suppressants, it didn't work. Later, a friend told me about a traditional Chinese medicine formula:An egg shell removed, poured into a small bowl, stirred with chopsticks, added appropriate water and rock sugar,steamed cooked for 15-20 minutes. Eat the egg after meals. After consuming it three times, my cough was cured. I wonder if there is scientific basis for using onions to steam an egg to treat dry coughs from a cold in traditional Chinese medicine?Steaming eggs with chopped onion

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Eggs (chicken eggs) are sweet and neutral in nature, providing nourishing and moistening effects. They can be used for conditions like hot disease irritability, dry cough, and hoarseness. Modern studies show that egg whites have anti-inflammatory, detoxifying,protein functions;Onions (green onions) are pungent and warm in nature, helping to release exterior pathogens, dispel cold and detoxify. Studies indicate that onions can inhibit viruses and prevent respiratory infections;Rocksugar is sweet and neutral in nature, providing nourishing effects, moistening the lungs, stopping coughs, and strengthening the body's defenses. It is particularly effective for dry cough without phlegm or hemoptysis due to lung dryness.For blood,

it is also very effective. Eggs plus rock sugar are commonly used as a cough remedy in folk remedies. The two combined focus on nourishing yin, clearing heat, moistening the dryness, and stopping coughs, with the best effect for dry cough due to wind-heat cold. Adding onions enhances its exterior-resolving and detoxifying effects, helping to clear residual viruses or symptoms from a cold.