Asthma often occurs at night or in the early morning, often accompanied by symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. What should be done for elderly asthma? The following diets can help you!
What are the dangers of asthma in the elderly?
Elderly asthma is clinically manifested as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Generally, patients rarely have a history of shortness of breath and wheezing for several years, but it is often overlooked and not treated promptly.
As the condition progresses, the decline of the patient's respiratory system organs can easily lead to the occurrence of severe asthma or even respiratory failure, so vigilance should be increased.
Elderly asthma patients often have many concurrent diseases, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes, which can easily lead to misdiagnosis and mistreatment of the condition. Elderly patients are prone to concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which can also cause confusion and lead to misdiagnosis.
In addition, respiratory tract infections are also one of the symptoms of asthma in the elderly.
The onset of the condition in elderly patients is long, and due to the patient's poor resistance, the condition worsens significantly in cold seasons.
The remission period of the condition is relatively short, and the self-relief ability is lower, often leading to repeated attacks that do not subside.
Recommended dietary therapy for treating elderly asthma
1. Walnut kernels
Take 1000 grams of walnut kernels and grind them finely. Mix with 500 grams of psoralea corylifolia and honey to make a paste. Take one tablespoon in the morning with wine. If you cannot drink wine, take it with warm water. Avoid eating lamb. It is suitable for conditions such as long-lasting cough, asthma, constipation, and weakness after illness.
2. Almond porridge
Take 10 grams of almonds, remove the skin, grind them finely, and decoct them in water to remove the residue and leave the juice. Add 50 grams of glutinous rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and water to cook porridge. Eat it warm twice a day.
It can relieve the lungs, transform phlegm, and stop coughing and wheezing. It is a good medicine for treating cough and wheezing.
3. Sugar water with ginkgo nuts
Take 50 grams of ginkgo nuts, stir-fry them over low heat until cooked, break the shell with a knife, remove the shell and skin, wash and cut them into small pieces.
Wash the pot, add a bowl of water, add the ginkgo nuts, heat over high heat, simmer for a moment after boiling, add 50 grams of sugar, bring to a boil, add a little osmanthus sugar, and it is ready to eat.
4. Honeyed double nuts
Fry 250 grams of sweet almonds for one hour, add 250 grams of walnut kernels, simmer the mixture until it thickens, then add 500 grams of honey and boil it while stirring.
Sweet almonds are warm in nature and can lower lung qi, relieve the lungs, and transform phlegm. This recipe can nourish the kidneys, nourish the lungs, stop coughing, relieve wheezing, and moisten dryness.
