Chronic bronchitis is a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure. Common symptoms include coughing and sputum production. To treat chronic bronchitis, it is important to tonify the lungs, spleen, and kidneys, and also clear dampness and transform phlegm, warm yang and promote diuresis, and nourish qi and generate fluids. The best method for this is through dietary therapy. Below are some recommended dietary therapies for chronic bronchitis for your reference.
Medicated Diet One: Sweet Almond Porridge
Ingredients: 15g almonds, 50g polished round-grained rice
Method: Peel the almonds and grind them to extract the juice. Add the juice to the polished round-grained rice and cook into porridge.
Effects: Tonifies the spleen, promotes digestion, and calms cough and transforms phlegm. Suitable for wind-cold type bronchitis, especially for those with chest tightness, wheezing, or constipation. Not suitable for those with yin deficiency cough and loose stools.
Medicated Diet Two: Plantago Seed Porridge
Ingredients: 10g plantago seeds, 100g polished round-grained rice
Method: Wrap the plantago seeds in a cloth and decoct to extract the juice. Cook the polished round-grained rice with the plantago seed juice into porridge. Consume warm in the morning and evening.
Effects: Diuresis, reduces swelling, nourishes the liver and improves vision, and resolves phlegm and stops coughing. Suitable for elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension, urethritis, and folliculitis.
Medicated Diet Three: Garlic Vinegar Drink
Ingredients: 250g garlic, 250ml vinegar, 90g brown sugar
Method: Peel and mash the garlic. Soak it in the vinegar and brown sugar solution. After a week, extract the juice and consume one tablespoon three times a day.
Effects: Warms the middle, dispels cold, moistens the lungs, relieves asthma, stops coughing, and transforms phlegm. Used for treating bronchitis.
Medicated Diet Four: Fritillaria Bulb Porridge
Ingredients: 6g fritillaria bulb, 60g polished round-grained rice, 15g white sugar
Method: Wash the fritillaria bulb and dry it. Grind it into powder. Wash the polished round-grained rice and put it in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and boil it over high heat. Add the fritillaria bulb powder and simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge. Mix in the white sugar and serve. Consume for breakfast or dinner.
Effects: Moistens the lungs, stops coughing, and transforms phlegm. Suitable for patients with weak constitution, mild cough, and less phlegm.
Medicated Diet Five: Apricot and Fritillaria Bulb Porridge
Ingredients: 10g apricot kernels, 10g fritillaria bulb, 60g polished round-grained rice, 15g white sugar
Method: Peel the apricot kernels. Wash the fritillaria bulb and the polished round-grained rice. Cook them together in a pot with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge. Add the white sugar and mix well. Consume for breakfast or dinner.
Effects: Moistens the lungs, transforms phlegm, stops coughing, and relieves asthma. Suitable for patients with various types of cough, asthma, and dry stools.
Medicated Diet Six: Platycodon and Fritillaria Bulb Drink
Ingredients: 60g platycodon, 40g rock sugar, 10g fritillaria bulb
Method: Wash the platycodon and cut it into thin slices. Wash the fritillaria bulb. Crush the rock sugar. Put the platycodon and fritillaria bulb into a stew pot. Add 250ml of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 25 minutes. Add the crushed rock sugar. Consume once a day.
Effects: Opens the lungs, promotes qi circulation, dispels phlegm, and drains pus. Suitable for wind-cold type chronic bronchitis, etc.
