Diet of emphysema in the elderly
summary
Emphysema refers to the pathological state in which the airway elasticity of the distal end of the terminal bronchioles is decreased, the lung volume is increased or the airway wall is destroyed. Emphysema is very common among the elderly. Let's take a look at what the elderly emphysema can eat and understand the diet of the elderly emphysema.
Diet of emphysema in the elderly
First of all, the elderly emphysema, under normal circumstances, it is appropriate to enter a light diet, fresh vegetables, fruits, such as vegetable seedlings, radish, beans, towel gourd, pear, citrus, loquat, banana, grapefruit and so on. Honey and maltose are commonly used.
Secondly, patients with emphysema have clear phlegm, shortness of breath and wheezing. They can eat some warm foods, such as nutritious chicken soup, liver soup, lean meat, dairy products, egg soup, etc., which have the effect of replenishing fluid and lung qi.
Finally, emphysema for a long time, wheezing aggravation, dry mouth, tongue light red or light purple, indicating lung yin damage. At this time, it is appropriate to choose fruit or food that can nourish yin and generate body fluid, such as pear, live plum, hawthorn, apple, turtle, lean pork, duck egg, chrysanthemum brain, egg, apricot, etc.
matters needing attention
1. Avoid fishy hair. Yellow croaker, hairtail, black fish, Siniperca chuatsi, shrimp and crab are fishy hair. They can produce phlegm and make emphysema patients cough and pant. Therefore, they are not suitable for consumption. 2. Avoid greasy and sweet food. Lard, cream, fat meat, roast chicken, roast duck, fried cake, etc. are greasy food. Cake, ice cream and candy are sweet and greasy products, which are easy to produce phlegm, so they are in the list of fasting. 3. Avoid tonic drugs. Avoid taking tonic traditional Chinese medicine at will, such as ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, radix rehmanniae, Ophiopogon japonicus, or it will inhibit the normal expectorant ability of the body. 4. Don't smoke or drink.
