1. What is chronic bronchitis
Chinese medicine believes that chronic bronchitis is mostly caused by deficiency and cold of constitution. From the perspective of modern medicine, chronic bronchitis is a chronic and nonspecific inflammation that occurs in the trachea and its surrounding tissues. It has the symptoms of cough, expectoration and asthma. It is easily stimulated by the environment (air, humidity, temperature) and has repeated and persistent attacks. It can't stop at all, which makes people very tired!
2. What should I eat for chronic bronchitis?
(1) High-protein foods such as chicken, eggs, lean pork, freshwater fish and bean products can enhance the body's immunity.
(2) Foods with high vitamin C content such as jujube, jujube, hawthorn, citrus, tomato, spinach, Chinese cabbage and Chinese cabbage can promote the formation of antibodies and improve the phagocytosis of white blood cells.
Foods with high vitamin A content, such as animal viscera, egg yolk, carrots, corn and tomatoes, can maintain the health of respiratory epithelial cells, which is beneficial to relieve cough and prevent asthma.
(3) Foods that strengthen the spleen and benefit the lungs
Such as pears, loquats, Chinese dates, lilies, lotus seeds, tremella, walnuts, radishes, honey, or foods such as pig lungs, sheep lungs and bovine lungs, all of which have the effects of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs, and are of great help to relieve the symptoms of bronchitis.
(4) Drink plenty of water, and drink more fruit and vegetable juice
Keeping a daily drinking volume of 2, ~ 2,5 ml is helpful to dilute sputum and relieve symptoms. In addition, fruit and vegetable juice also has a good effect on chronic bronchitis.
3. Small prescription for chronic bronchitis
(1) White radish and pepper water
Practice: take 1 grams of white radish, 5 pieces of white pepper, appropriate amount of sugar and 1 grams of dried tangerine peel. Add water * * * and fry for about 3 minutes, and you can drink it once a day in the morning and evening.
efficacy: the compendium of materia medica calls white radish "the most beneficial vegetable", which has the efficacy of removing diseases, moistening lung, detoxifying and promoting fluid production.
white pepper can lower qi, eliminate phlegm, warm the middle warmer and dispel cold; The main functions of ginger are sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, expelling wind and dispelling cold; The volatile oil contained in dried tangerine peel can promote expectoration of sputum.
4. Dietary contraindications for chronic bronchitis
(1) Avoid oil, frying and frying
Oil, fried and fried food is not easy to digest, which easily interferes with the transport of spleen and stomach, generates heat and flatulence, helps dampness and produces phlegm, and makes the symptoms of cough and expectoration worse.
(2) Avoid spicy, salty and sweet foods
Foods such as pepper, pepper, ginger, onion and garlic will easily produce symptoms such as yellow phlegm and sticky phlegm if consumed too much, which is not conducive to controlling inflammation; In addition, excessive intake of sweets and salty food will stimulate the throat and induce cough.
(3) Avoid phlegm-producing foods
It is not advisable to eat more sweet and sour foods such as fish, shrimp, crab, watermelon, ginseng, coconut, cherry and pomegranate.
(4) Avoid drinking too much
Drinking too much will not only cause liver damage, but also reduce the immune function and resistance of the body, thus gradually aggravating the symptoms and eventually leading to emphysema and pulmonary heart disease.
5. Eat some light food
1) Fresh vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, spinach, rape, radish, carrot, tomato, cucumber and wax gourd, can not only supplement the supply of vitamins and inorganic salts, but also have the functions of clearing phlegm, removing fire and relaxing bowels.
Recommended recipe:
Tremella rock sugar soup
Choose 1 grams of tremella and 1 grams of auricularia auricula, soak them in warm water, wash them and put them in a bowl with 3 grams of rock sugar, add appropriate amount of water and steam them in a steamer for 3 hours. 2 ~ 3 tablespoons each time, 3 times a day, can nourish yin and kidney, moisten lung and relieve cough.
2) Soybeans and bean products contain high-quality protein needed by human body, which can supplement the nutritional loss caused by chronic tracheitis, without the disadvantages of phlegm accumulation and fire.
3) When eating fruits, you can choose pears, apples, oranges, grapefruit, loquat, apricots, persimmons, water chestnuts and other fruits to eat, because these are all products that clear away heat and moisten the lungs, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of chronic bronchitis.