Spring blossoms, pollen increases, catkins float, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, which makes many people with allergies feel uncomfortable. In fact, in addition to dust mites, mold, pulverization and animal hair, some foods are also the main allergens that cause allergies.

So, which foods are easy to cause allergies in daily life? Is there any diet therapy that can alleviate allergic symptoms?

What is the "allergy" that is often said?

I often hear the word "allergic", but acne is allergic, and sneezing is also allergic. What is allergy? Wu Zeng, chairman of the Guangdong Dietitians Association, publicly explained that allergic diseases, also known as allergic diseases, refer to a kind of diseases in which the body causes a certain tissue or organ or even systemic overreaction through inhalation, intake, injection or contact with certain substances, including antigenic substances or haptens, causing various functional disorders or tissue damage, such as allergic dermatosis, allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma.

Meanwhile, in Wu Shuo, contact with allergens is a prerequisite for allergies, and allergies can be avoided without allergens. Therefore, after identifying allergens, try to contact allergens.

These foods may cause allergies.

For some friends, if you eat allergic food by mistake, it will cause digestive tract reactions or rashes such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and it will also induce life-threatening symptoms such as acute asthma. For some people, these foods are easy to cause allergies in daily life.

Milk and dairy products, milk is allergic food, and some friends will have flatulence or even abdominal pain after drinking milk. The main reason is that milk contains a lot of lactose, and some people lack lactase, which is a special digestive enzyme that can decompose lactose. So these people will have stomachaches after drinking milk. Some people will have abdominal distension or stomachache after eating cheese or processed food containing cheese, which is also related to the lack of a substance called "tyrosinase" in the body.

Gluten, commonly known as "gluten", is a kind of plant protein, which mainly exists in barley and wheat bran. "Gluten" is a delicious food raw material in southern China, which can be processed into baked bran or oil gluten. However, a few people are naturally allergic to chaff, and once they eat food containing chaff, it will cause irritable bowel syndrome, which is called "celiac disease" or "wheat bran intolerance" in medicine.

Soybean, soybean protein contained in soybean is one of allergens. People who are allergic to soybeans may cause acute allergic reactions even if they eat a small amount of bean products such as soybean milk and tofu or processed foods containing soybean protein. Therefore, these people should carefully read the food ingredients and ingredients list before buying and eating.

Beef, pork or mutton, very few people will have allergic reactions after eating beef, pork or mutton, mainly because these people are naturally allergic to animal protein.

How should allergy be treated?

As mentioned above, allergens are a prerequisite for allergies. To prevent allergies, we must first identify allergens and avoid contact with allergens. In addition, developing a good lifestyle, quitting smoking, exercising properly, eating less salt, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking more water are all conducive to alleviating allergic symptoms. Wu has also publicly recommended two recipes for allergic diet therapy.

Houttuynia cordata and jujube decoction is suitable for cold constitution and deficiency constitution. Materials: 40g of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. and 0/5 pieces of red dates/kloc. Practice: Wash Houttuynia cordata first, then wash red dates and cut into pieces. Add 3000 ml of water to the two and boil them in a pot. Bring the fire to a boil and stew for another 20 minutes. The filter residue is tea.

Houttuynia cordata mint tea is suitable for hot constitution and wet constitution. Ingredients: 40g of Houttuynia cordata Thunb, 5g of dried mint leaves. Practice: Wash Houttuynia cordata first, put it in a pot and add 3000 ml of water, bring it to a boil with high fire, then cook it with low fire for 20 minutes, then add the washed mint leaves, immediately turn off the fire, stew for 5 minutes and filter the residue before drinking.

Wu explained that Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat and toxic materials, reduce swelling and treat sores, promote diuresis and remove dampness, diminish inflammation and stop dysentery. Modern pharmacological experiments show that Houttuynia cordata Thunb has the functions of anti-skin allergy, anti-bacteria, anti-virus, improving immunity and diuresis. In addition, both green tea and oolong tea have certain antiallergic effects and can be properly drunk.

(The manuscript is integrated from People's Daily Online, Dr. Lilac, and China Medical News)