Let's take a look at what Chinese medicine thinks about this problem. First of all, the "phlegm" in Chinese medicine is caused by the abnormal metabolism of body fluids.
Spleen governs the transport and transformation of water, and lung governs the declaration and depression.
Under normal conditions, water is transformed into body fluid by the functions of spleen and lung, which nourishes our whole body.
However, under the influence of some pathogenic factors, the spleen and lung function are out of order, which leads to the failure of water to transform into body fluid, so it will stay in the body and form phlegm.
Secondly, the production of phlegm is closely related to diet.
From the point of view of TCM, meat is fat, sweet and moist, while fish and shrimp are fishy, and eating fat and sweet fishy easily leads to spleen losing health, improper diet, stagnant water, endogenous phlegm, and coughing and expectoration when it is dry in the lungs. This is the truth that "the spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lung is the container of phlegm".
Thirdly, can you eat meat when expectoration? What should you pay attention to in your diet?
Everything pays attention to a degree, and the diet is the same.
Eating a lot of meat will indeed aggravate the situation of expectoration, but people with phlegm are not completely unable to eat meat. After all, meat can provide us with essential nutrients.
If obese people suffer from loss of appetite and thick tongue coating, they should eat less meat when coughing up a lot of phlegm, and try not to eat cold foods such as fish, shrimp and crabs, and remember not to drink alcohol.
For patients with chronic expectoration for a long time, attention should be paid to their diet, which is light and nutritious.