Asthma is caused by inhaling irritating gases and harmful substances such as food and drugs, leading to respiratory obstruction, insufficient oxygen supply to the body, and resulting in symptoms such as repeated wheezing, difficulty exhaling, and chest tightness. To treat asthma and regain health, patients need to pay more attention to self-protection in their daily lives, especially in terms of diet, by consuming less irritating foods and more foods that nourish the lungs and eliminate phlegm. Below, I will introduce several asthma dietary therapies to help everyone nourish the lungs and stop coughing.
Medicated Diet 1: Stewed Fava Beans with Peanuts
Ingredients: 150g fava beans, 100g peanuts, appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Method: Wash the fava beans and soak them. Wash the peanuts. Put the fava beans and peanuts into a pot, add water and bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until they become soft. Add a little brown sugar before serving.
Efficacy: Fava beans can invigorate the spleen, stimulate the appetite, and diuretic to reduce swelling. Peanuts can nourish the lungs, transform phlegm, and promote bowel movements. The combination of the two is suitable for alleviating symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath in asthmatic patients. People who are allergic to fava beans should avoid using this remedy.
Medicated Diet 2: Sweet Almond Stewed Pear
Ingredients: 9g sweet almonds, 1 duck pear.
Method: Wash the duck pear and make a small hole in it. Stuff the sweet almonds into the pear and seal the hole. Cook with a little water until done. Eat the pear and drink the soup once a day.
Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and stops coughing. It is used to treat chronic bronchitis and coughing caused by lung deficiency, dry cough without phlegm, and other symptoms.
Medicated Diet 3: Houttuynia cordata and Luffa Soup
Ingredients: 50g Houttuynia cordata, 50g luffa.
Method: Slice the luffa, cut the Houttuynia cordata into small sections, and cook with seasonings to make a soup.
Efficacy: Clears lung heat, transforms phlegm, and stops wheezing. Houttuynia cordata has a slightly cold nature and can clear lung heat, detoxify, and promote urination. Luffa has a cooling nature and can clear heat and transform phlegm. It has a good therapeutic effect on asthma.
Medicated Diet 4: Hawthorn Walnut Tea
Ingredients: 150g hawthorn, 200g white sugar, 50g walnuts.
Method: Add hawthorn to an appropriate amount of water and simmer over medium heat for 3 times, 20 minutes each time. Filter to remove residue and concentrate the juice to 1000ml. Soak the walnuts in water for half an hour, grind them into a paste using a stone mill, and mix with an appropriate amount of water. Finally, mix the hawthorn juice, white sugar, and walnut paste together, heat until slightly boiling, and then it can be consumed.
Efficacy: Tonifies the lungs and kidneys, nourishes the intestines, and aids digestion. The combination of walnuts, hawthorn, and white sugar can tonify the lungs and kidneys, nourish the intestines, dissolve food, invigorate blood circulation, and produce body fluids. The taste is sour and sweet, not harmful to teeth, and not greasy. It has a certain effect on asthma.
