What to eat for pleurisy?

If you suffer from pleurisy, you should pay more attention to your diet. You must provide the patient with sufficient nutrition, eat more garlic and easily digestible food, and try to avoid eating irritating foods.

(1) Patients with pleurisy should eat foods that are sufficient in nutrition and calories , and supplement with large amounts of vitamins, especially B vitamins. Usually, one egg or duck egg should be added to breakfast, and 100-150 grams of meat should be added to lunch and dinner. To ensure sufficient calories, 2-3 snacks, such as milk, cakes, biscuits, etc., can be added to the main meals.

(2) Patients with pleurisy should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as green vegetables, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, yam, lily, lotus root, lotus root powder, pears, water chestnuts, etc.

(3) Patients with pleurisy should eat foods that have nourishing effects . Such as carp, turtle, tortoise, sea cucumber, pig lung, chicken, duck meat, etc. Eat more beef, milk, eggs, animal offal, poultry and soy products.

(4) Eat more garlic . Garlic has the effects of dispelling cold and dampness, killing insects and detoxifying. Garlic contains allicin, which has a strong bactericidal effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can prevent the formation of tuberculous pleurisy. It can be cooked and eaten as a condiment, or made into pickled garlic or salted garlic and eaten as a dish.

(5) It is advisable to eat light food that is easy to digest and nutritious. When there is pleural effusion, the amount of salt intake should be limited, and low-salt, low-fat, high-protein foods should be eaten, such as meat, eggs, tofu, soybeans, peas, etc.

[Avoid] Try to smoke and drink less, it is best to quit smoking and drinking; avoid all spicy and irritating foods, and foods that cause fire and phlegm, such as onions, garlic, peppers, leeks, ginger, etc.; avoid seafood and other irritating foods.