Traditional Chinese Medicine Diet Therapy: What foods are good for chest tightness and shortness of breath?

What foods are good for chest tightness and shortness of breath? When you often feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, your chest feels heavy as if a stone is pressing on it, and even your breathing is not smooth, these are all symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath. So what foods can cure chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Before looking for what foods can treat chest tightness and shortness of breath, let's first look at the causes of chest tightness and shortness of breath so that you can prescribe the right remedy.

There are many reasons for chest tightness. The first is the respiratory system, that is, lesions of the trachea and lungs, such as pneumonia, etc. If there is a problem with the esophagus, such as reflux esophagitis or early esophageal cancer, there will also be chest tightness or a burning sensation in the sternum. Older people should consider whether they have coronary heart disease, because chest tightness is also one of the symptoms of coronary heart disease.

Now that we understand the reasons, let’s take a look at what foods can help treat chest tightness and shortness of breath:

Method 1: Soak 10 grams of black fungus in water, then boil it into soup. Add 1 spoon of brown sugar after it is cooked.

You can also do this: Crush 10 fresh hawthorns, add 30 grams of brown sugar, decoct in water, or make it into syrup.

Alternatives: Mix 2 spoons of honey with water and take it all at once; or add a small amount of ginger juice and take it all at once.

In life, when people have chest tightness and bloating, that is, what kind of food can be eaten to regulate the chest tightness and shortness of breath? The commonly used method is: 5 cents of white radish seeds, decocted in a bowl of soup, three times a day, for 3 consecutive days, it has the effect of eliminating accumulation and relieving gas.

Therefore, it is recommended that you eat more foods that help with gas production, such as radishes. You should also eat more fruits containing vitamin C (such as oranges, tomatoes, etc.) and foods rich in amino acids (such as lean meat, eggs, fish, soybeans, etc.).

From the above introduction, we know what foods can treat chest tightness and shortness of breath. In this way, when we encounter symptoms like the friend mentioned at the beginning, we can use food therapy in life to alleviate the symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath. In our daily life, we can also take early prevention measures and try to be in a good mood every day!