Asthma, also known as bronchial asthma, is a relatively common respiratory disease. People with asthma have slightly higher requirements for air, otherwise it will easily lead to asthma attacks. Asthma attacks are very harmful to human life. If there is a threat, you should pay more attention to it. So what should asthma patients eat? What dietary remedies are suitable for asthma?
1. Dietary medicine
(1) Ginkgo steamed duck
Efficacy: relieve cough and relieve asthma, relieve phlegm and warm the lungs.
Ingredients: 15 grams of almonds, 500 grams of white duck, 50 grams of Shaoxing wine, 20 grams of chicken oil, appropriate amount of clear soup and appropriate seasoning.
Preparation: Steam the white duck with almonds, Shaoxing wine, chicken oil essence, and clear soup, add an appropriate amount of seasoning, and steam until cooked.
Usage: as an accompaniment to meals.
(2) Ziyuan Coltsfoot Sheep Lung Decoction
Efficacy: Nourishes lung yin, relieves cough and relieves asthma.
Ingredients: 15 grams of aster, 15 grams of coltsfoot, 1 sheep lung, appropriate seasoning.
Preparation: Wash the sheep lungs with clean water, cook them with aster and coltsfoot, and add seasonings when cooked.
Usage: Eat meat, drink soup, and accompany meals.
(3) Bletilla striata rock sugar bird's nest
Effects: Nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, relieving cough and bleeding.
Ingredients: 10 grams of bird's nest, 15 grams of Bletilla striata.
Preparation: Prepare the bird's nest as in the cooking method, put the bird's nest and the bletilla striata in an earthen pot, add an appropriate amount of water, steam and stew until the bletilla striata is rotten, remove the residue, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and simmer for a while.
Usage: Take 1 to 2 times a day.
(4) Placenta and testicle powder
Efficacy: It is suitable for the remission period of bronchial asthma, especially suitable for those with kidney deficiency.
Ingredients: 1 human or animal placenta, the same amount of sheep testicles (or pig testicles).
Preparation: Dry the above two flavors in an oven, grind into fine powder, mix well, and put into capsules.
Usage: Take 2 to 3 grams each time, 2 times a day.
2. Comprehensive treatment of asthma
(1) As the saying goes, a disease should be treated in three parts and nourished in seven parts. Bronchial asthma must also adhere to this principle. From the perspective of overall health, in addition to insisting on treatment, eating at least five vegetables and fruits every day will have a good control effect on the disease. So what vegetables should you eat for bronchial asthma? The following is a detailed introduction to you. The vegetables that patients with bronchial asthma should eat are: White radish: It has the functions of digesting food, reducing phlegm, and relaxing the Qi. Eating more radish in daily life is good for your health. Winter melon: It has the effects of diuresis, eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Winter melon seeds have the effect of clearing away heat from the lungs, resolving phlegm and expelling pus. Stir-fried and taken for a long time, it can benefit the spleen and stomach, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, and make people look good. Winter melon contains low sodium and is an ideal vegetable for patients with kidney disease and edema. The nutrition in winter melon is also good. It contains many vitamins, proteins and minerals, which can add nutrition to the human body. These vegetables are good for your health and you can eat more of them on a daily basis.
(2) Inflammation and infection of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, and paranasal sinuses can induce asthma and exposure to allergens. Allergens generally come from outside the body, such as plant pollen, house dust, mites, industrial dust, animal dander, fish, shrimp, paint, dyes, etc., all of which can cause disease. Mental factors. Emotional excitement and conditioned reflexes can induce asthma. climate change. The incidence rate increases in the cold season, because the climate changes more frequently and suddenly in autumn and winter, and there are more viral respiratory infections; the distribution concentration of some plant pollen that can cause allergies increases in spring and autumn; when the temperature and humidity are high, it is easy for bacteria to breed ; When the air pressure is low, pollen, harmful dust, irritating gases, etc. can accumulate on the ground, increasing the concentration and making it easy to inhale. other factors. Physical and chemical stimulation from cold air and gas, strenuous exercise or coughing, and certain drugs such as aspirin 1JL, Dimethacin, and indomethacin may induce asthma. If you do this, you won’t be afraid of asthma.
3. Precautions for asthma patients
1. Cold foods, such as shrimp, crab, cod liver oil and foods with heterosexual proteins, must be fasted for two to three years and must be strictly observed. .
2. Carrots (except carrots), mung beans, bananas, watermelons, etc. that can easily cause asthma attacks should be eaten less or preferably not at all.
3. It is advisable to wear a round-neck shirt to protect your chest from moisture and coldness and you should change it immediately.
4. The diet should be light, which is beneficial to the treatment.
5. Try to avoid contact with foods and smells that cause allergies in patients.
6. Do not be overtired or do strenuous activities.
7. It is forbidden to indulge in sexual activities.
8. Always be calm and don't be nervous. Excessive anger, worry, and excitement are not good.
9. Do not catch cold on your back and chest. When the weather is cold or the climate changes erratically, use a hot water bottle to warm your chest and back to reduce the risk of attacks.