1. Eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten lung, clear away heat and relieve cough, such as tremella, lily, pear, yam and almond.

2. Have a light diet and eat more digestible foods, such as soup, porridge and glutinous rice.

Eating more foods rich in vitamin C can improve immunity, such as kiwi fruit, tomato and cauliflower.

4. You can eat some foods containing high-quality protein to improve your immunity, so as to avoid being attacked by foreign germs, such as lean meat, dairy products, bean products and eggs.

5. Patients with pneumonia should also pay attention to drink plenty of water to help expel pathogenic microorganisms in the mouth and respiratory tract.

6. Avoid alcohol, tobacco and spicy food.