What should children with asthma eat? Don't miss these foods

If a child has asthma, daily conditioning is very important. Special attention must be paid to the diet, and the child should eat more foods that are beneficial to the improvement of the disease, such as ginseng and Poria porridge, almond and pig lung porridge, etc. The following will introduce them to you in detail.

1. Gorgon Fruit and Walnut Porridge

[Ingredients] Gorgon fruit, walnut kernels, red dates, and glutinous rice, a little each.

[Usage] Cook the above ingredients with glutinous rice into porridge and take it in divided doses. It can also be eaten regularly.

[Effects] Nourishes the kidney, replenishes qi and relieves asthma.

[Indications] Asthma in remission period, patients with kidney deficiency and inability to absorb air, with symptoms including shortness of breath and fatigue, rapid breathing when moving, fear of cold and cold limbs, sore waist and weak knees, tinnitus, pale tongue, white and slippery tongue coating, deep and thin pulse, etc.

2. Cordyceps stewed duck

[Ingredients] Duck meat, cordyceps sinensis, and red dates, mixed in proportion.

[Usage] Remove the core of Cordyceps sinensis and red dates and wash them. Kill the duck alive, remove the hair and intestines, take out the duck meat, wash it and cut it into pieces. Put all the ingredients into the candle pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, and simmer the water candle for 3 hours. Just season to taste. Drink the soup and eat the meat as desired.

[Effects] Nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence, nourishes the lungs and relieves cough.

[Indications] Bronchial asthma is caused by deficiency of both lung and kidney, with symptoms including prolonged coughing and wheezing, weak body, thin body, loss of appetite, etc.

3. Radish Seed and Japonica Rice Porridge

[Ingredients] Radish seeds and polished rice, appropriate amounts.

[Usage] Prepare radish seed water, grind and filter it, take about 100 ml of juice, add rice, and then add about 350 ml of water, cook into porridge, take twice a day while warm.

[Effects] It relieves gas and asthma, strengthens the spleen and helps digestion.

[Indications] It can be used as an adjuvant treatment for asthma, especially for patients with excessive sputum, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, and abdominal distension.

4. Ginseng and Poria porridge

[Ingredients] Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, ginger, and glutinous rice, a small amount each.

[Usage] Cut Codonopsis pilosula and ginger into thin slices, mash Poria cocos and soak for half an hour, take the juice twice, cook porridge with polished rice, and take it all year round.

[Effects] Nourishes the lungs and replenishes Qi, consolidates the exterior and stops asthma.

[Indications] Asthma in remission and patients with lung qi deficiency.

5. Almond Pig Lung Porridge

[Ingredients] A small amount of almonds, pig lungs, and glutinous rice.

[Usage] Peel the almonds and wash them. Wash the pig lungs, cut them into pieces, put them into the pot, drain the water, and then rinse them with clean water. Put the washed glutinous rice, almonds and pig lungs into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until it becomes thin porridge, and season it. Consume as desired.

[Effects] It can clear the lungs and lower the qi, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

[Indications] Asthma is caused by excessive phlegm and fluid in the body. Symptoms include cough, excessive phlegm, difficulty breathing, or even shortness of breath, wheezing in the throat, chest fullness and tightness, and slippery pulse.