Generally, children with pneumonia should eat Fritillaria cirrhosa, loquat and raw pear (preferably stewed with rock sugar). Children should pay attention to the following eight dietary taboos when coughing: cold food should not eat cold drinks or frozen drinks. Chinese medicine believes that "cold drinks will hurt the lungs", that is, once the body is cold, drinking cold products will hurt the lungs of the human body, and coughing is mostly caused by lung diseases. At this time, if the diet is still too cold, it will easily lead to lung qi occlusion, aggravated symptoms, and will not heal for a long time. Whether children or adults, cough is often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. Spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, which is in charge of the digestion and absorption of human diet. Eating too much cold food will hurt the spleen and stomach, reduce the function of the spleen, and accumulate dampness and produce phlegm.

During fever, the diet should be light and easy to digest, and liquid and semi-liquid foods are better, such as porridge, rice flour, lotus root starch, juice and mung bean soup. And drink plenty of water to keep two stools unobstructed. During the recovery period, you can eat foods and meat that moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, such as milk, eggs, fish soup, lean broth and loofah. Fasting warm food and greasy, thick and spicy products, so as not to help heat produce phlegm. In addition, foods that are too sweet and salty contribute to wet sputum, sour taste convergence, phlegm is not easy to produce, and it is not suitable for eating.