What should children with pneumonia eat?

Pneumonia can be said to be a common disease in humans. However, if a child suffers from pneumonia, parents must pay great attention to it. Because pneumonia in children can cause a variety of diseases, it cannot be ignored. When a child has pneumonia, his appetite will definitely be affected. In addition, during the recovery stage, we should also give the child more nutrition. What to eat? Here are some suggestions from your pediatrician, hoping it will be helpful to you and your child.

Diet therapy for pneumonia in children

【Wind-heat blocking the lung type】

Symptoms: Cough with thick yellow phlegm, thirst, red face, lips and tongue, and yellow urine.

Dietary recipe 1: Houttuynia cordata and reed root soup: Take 30 grams of houttuynia cordata, 30 grams of reed root, and 12 grams of red dates. Add the above ingredients to water and boil for 30 minutes and drink it. It has the effect of clearing heat and reducing phlegm.

Dietary recipe 2: Sugar-coated apricot and pear: Take 1 pear, 10 grams of almonds, and 12 grams of rock sugar. Peel and core the pears, add almonds and rock sugar, and steam for 20 minutes before serving. It has the effect of clearing heat and relieving lung discomfort.

【Wind-cold blocking lung type】

Symptoms: cough, thin white sputum, no thirst, pale tongue. Dietary recipe 1: Onion and ginger porridge: take 3 scallions, 3 slices of ginger, and 50 grams of polished rice. Cook the above together into porridge and drink it hot, which has the effect of dispelling cold and invigorating the lungs.

Dietary recipe 2: Almond porridge: take 10 grams of almonds and 50 grams of polished rice. Boil almonds with water for 15 minutes, remove the residue and keep the juice, add rice to cook porridge for consumption, which has the effect of clearing the lungs and eliminating phlegm.

【Spleen deficiency type】

Symptoms: yellow complexion, poor appetite, indigestion, irregular bowel movements, pale tongue.

Dietary therapy recipe 1: Ginseng and jujube porridge: take 12 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 15 grams of red dates, and 50 grams of polished rice. Add the above ingredients to water and cook into porridge, which has the effect of invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen.

Dietary recipe 2: Duck gizzard and yam porridge: Take 1 duck gizzard, 15 grams of yam, 15 grams of water chestnut, and 50 grams of polished rice. Wash and chop the duck gizzard, then add yam, water chestnut and rice to cook into porridge, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and astringing.

Dietary Recipe 3: Ephedra Root and Fish Porridge: Take 15 grams of ephedra root, 1 crucian carp, and 50 grams of polished rice. Boil the ephedra root in water for 20 minutes, remove the residue and keep the juice. Remove the scales and internal organs of the fish, wash it, and put it into the juice together with the rice to cook porridge for consumption. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping sweating.

【Kidney deficiency type】

Symptoms: chronic cough, cold limbs, poor development, pale and fat tongue.

Dietary recipe 1: Walnut porridge: take 15 grams of walnut meat, 12 grams of jujube, 10 grams of longan meat, and 50 grams of polished rice. Crush the walnut meat and remove the core of the dates, add water and cook into porridge for consumption. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and strengthening the spleen.

Dietary recipe 2: Wolfberry and Polygonatum sibiricum porridge: Take 15 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and a little sugar. Add water to the above and cook into porridge for consumption. It has the effect of invigorating qi and tonifying the kidney.

【Lung Yin Deficiency Type】

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum, thirst, low fever in the afternoon, red tongue with little coating.

Dietary recipe 1: Tremella and rock sugar pear: Take 12 grams of tremella, 1 pear, and 12 grams of rock sugar. Peel and core the pears and cut into chunks. Wash the Tremella with clean water, put it into the pot with the pear, cook on low heat for 30 minutes, add rock sugar and melt it before eating. It has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Dietary recipe 2: Monk fruit and pig lung soup: Take 1 monk fruit, 10 grams of almonds, and 250 grams of pig lung. Wash the pig lungs with clean water. Cut into chunks and squeeze out the foam. Wash and peel the almonds in water. Add the above ingredients and monk fruit to water and boil soup, then add salt and eat. It has the effect of nourishing the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

From the above, we can see that when suffering from pneumonia, different types of dietary therapy can be selected according to different symptoms. Here, experts also remind parents and friends that if children suffer from pneumonia, it is best to feed them light, nutritious food, and it is best not to eat or eat less sugar and fried food. Parents should also pay attention to giving their children more water and cooperate with doctors in treatment.