Elderly pneumonia without phlegm diet therapy, these foods are effective

During the cold winter, many elderly people suffer from pneumonia, and medicine is ineffective. To be safe, diet therapy is the best way and there are no side effects. In addition, you must avoid smoking and drinking, and use spicy and irritating foods with caution to avoid excessive coughing.

1. Dietary treatment for pneumonia in the elderly:

(1) Mash 200g of fresh banana roots, squeeze out the juice and cook until done. Add a little salt and serve. It has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the intestines. Suitable for elderly patients with pneumonia and dry stools.

(2) 1-2 pears and 30 grams of black beans. Wash and slice the pears, add appropriate amount of water, put in black beans, simmer over low heat, and eat after cooked. Suitable for the elderly with pneumonia and lung and kidney deficiency.

(3) 6 grams of bird’s nest, 9 grams of white fungus, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak the bird's nest and white fungus in hot water, pick and wash them, add rock sugar, and stew them in water before serving. Suitable for pneumonia in the elderly.

(4) Take a pig lung without lavage. Use 49 sweet almonds (peeled and tip removed), 15g Fritillaria cirrhosa (core removed), 1 teaspoon ginger juice, and 30g honey. Put the four ingredients into the lung tube and tie it tightly. Cook with water and eat with the soup. Suitable for pneumonia in the elderly.

(5) 30g purple garlic (peeled, boiled in boiling water for 1 minute and removed), 60g rice, 5g white jelly powder. Put rice and white ji powder in water and cook until done. Then add garlic and cook into porridge. Take it for breakfast and dinner.

(6) 200 grams of fresh lily bulbs, steamed with honey until soft. Eating them regularly can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. Suitable for elderly people with pneumonia, dry cough and little sputum.

2. What foods are good for the elderly with pneumonia?

Try to drink more water and eat easily digestible or semi-liquid food to help eliminate moisture and phlegm, and expel phlegm in time. Pneumonia is often accompanied by high fever, which consumes a lot of energy for the body, so high-energy food should be provided and high-protein and easily digestible food should be eaten. You can eat more fruits to increase water and vitamins. Vitamin C can enhance the body's resistance, and vitamin A is beneficial for protecting the respiratory mucosa.

3. What foods should the elderly avoid with pneumonia?

Avoid smoking and drinking, and be careful with spicy and irritating foods to avoid excessive coughing.