First, people with asthma should eat food.
1, the diet should be light and soft, and you should eat more digestible and fiber-rich foods, such as loofah, bananas and pears.
2. eat more foods containing vitamins a, c and calcium. Foods containing vitamin A can repair, moisten and protect damaged lung organs, such as pig liver, egg yolk, cod liver oil, carrots and pumpkins. Foods containing vitamin C have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-cold effects, such as jujube, grapefruit, tomato and green pepper.
3. Eating more calcium-containing foods can enhance the anti-allergic ability of trachea, such as pig bones and tofu, while water chestnut, walnut kernel, red dates, lotus seeds and yam have the effects of invigorating spleen and resolving phlegm, benefiting spleen and nourishing lung, which has a certain effect on preventing asthma attacks.
4, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, help the human body to ingest necessary and sufficient vitamins and inorganic salts, can remove fire, can relieve cough, and can strengthen the spleen and kidney and moisten the lungs.
Common foods suitable for asthma patients are:
1, white radish: originally from China, called vegetable garden in ancient times, cultivated in Zhou Dynasty. White radish is rich in nutrition, known as "small ginseng", sweet, pungent and flat in nature, with moderate effects of promoting digestion, resolving phlegm and reducing qi. White radish contains a lot of sugar, vitamins, fat and minerals such as calcium, iron and scale, which is an indispensable nutrient for human body. Therefore, eating more radishes is good for your health. Take white radish juice 1 bowl and 30 ml of honey, and decoct with * * * to treat asthma.
2, loofah: sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. It contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, scale, iron, vitamin B 1 and vitamin C, as well as plant mucus and xylose gum. Has the effects of clearing heat, relaxing bowels, cooling blood and detoxicating. Luffa can be used to treat scurvy because of its high vitamin C content, and because of its high vitamin B 1 content, it is beneficial to children's brain development and middle-aged and elderly people's brain health. Cut the raw towel gourd into several pieces (even the pedicle), put it in a casserole and cook it until it is rotten, and take the thick juice to treat asthma.
3. Pumpkin: Pumpkin is a melon and vegetable in summer and autumn, with moderate sweetness; It is both a vegetable and a substitute for food. Rich in sugar and starch, the old pumpkin tastes sweet and fragrant. It also contains protein, fat, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals, so it is very nutritious. Pumpkin is sweet and non-toxic; Melon meat is good for lung qi; Pumpkin seeds are fragrant and can repel tapeworms. Take 1 pumpkin (about 500g), 60ml honey and 30g rock sugar. First, open the top of the melon, dig out a part of the pulp, add sugar and honey, cover it, put it in a small pot, steam 1 hour and take it out. Take it twice in the morning and evening for 5-7 days, which can cure asthma.
4, garlic: pungent, functional antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, insect repellent and stomach. It is not only rich in protein, fat, sugar, phosphorus, carotene and vitamin C, but also contains therapeutic allicin. Eating garlic raw can enhance appetite, help digestion, flavor and remove fishy smell, detoxify and sterilize, and prevent and treat diseases. Therefore, always eat raw garlic. After eating garlic, eat a few jujubes or chew a few tea leaves, and the unpleasant smell of garlic will be alleviated. Take 60 grams of purple garlic and 90 grams of brown sugar, mash the garlic, put the brown sugar into a casserole, add water and cook it into a paste, and take 1 spoon in the morning and evening to treat asthma.
Second, the diet of asthma patients should be warm, light and soft, and they can eat less and eat more meals. In addition to avoiding foods that will definitely cause allergies or asthma, other foods should also be avoided so as not to lose their proper nutritional balance. When asthma attacks, you should also eat less flatulence or indigestible foods, such as beans and sweet potatoes, so as to avoid abdominal distension and oppression of the chest and aggravate breathing difficulties.
Generally speaking, the foods that asthma patients should avoid (or eat less) are egg yolk, rooster, fat pork, mutton, dog meat, marine fish, clams, crabs and shrimps; Papaya, leek, day lily, bamboo shoots (or dried bamboo shoots), peanuts, pickles, peppers and peppers; Saccharin, essence, pigment, chocolate; Cold drinks such as ice cream, carbonated drinks such as soda, wine, coffee and strong tea. Asthma patients should give priority to a light diet, quit smoking and drinking in life, and eat less seafood, eggs and milk. Eat more beans, mushrooms and other foods.