What can I eat if I have a cough with phlegm? 10-day inventory of popular dietary therapy plans across the Internet
The weather has changed frequently recently, and coughing with phlegm has become a hot health topic on social platforms. Baidu Index shows that in the past 10 days, the search volume for "cough diet therapy" has increased by 45% month-on-month, and related notes on Xiaohongshu have been liked more than 500,000 times. This article combines popular discussions across the Internet to sort out scientific and practical dietary conditioning plans.
1. Top 5 popular cough therapeutic ingredients on the Internet
| Ranking | Ingredients | Mentions | Core functions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | white radish | 286,000 | Resolving phlegm, relieving cough, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial |
| 2 | Sydney | 253,000 | Moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, clear away heat and reduce fire |
| 3 | Lily | 189,000 | Nourishes yin, moistens lungs, relieves cough and calms nerves |
| 4 | Tremella | 152,000 | Moisturize respiratory tract and enhance immunity |
| 5 | Loquat | 127,000 | Relieves cough and reduces phlegm, inhibits inflammation |
2. Recommended dietary therapy plan (with preparation method)
| Recipe name | main raw materials | cooking method | Applicable symptoms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot honey drink | 200g white radish + 30ml honey | Cut radish into cubes, steam and mix with honey | Cough with sticky phlegm |
| Sydney Sichuan Bean Soup | 1 Sydney pear + 5g Sichuan clams | Pear cored, stuffed with Sichuan clams and stewed in water | Dry cough with little phlegm |
| Lily millet porridge | 50g fresh lily + 100g millet | Simmer for 40 minutes | Cough gets worse at night |
| Tremella lotus seed soup | Tremella 20g+lotus seeds 15 | Simmer in pressure cooker for 1 hour | Chronic cough hurts yin |
3. List of dietary taboos
Douyin health blogger @nutritionist Lao Li pointed out in a recent video that you need to avoid:
| Category | specific food | adverse effects |
|---|---|---|
| High sugar foods | chocolate, cake | Irritating the throat and aggravating cough |
| dairy products | milk, cheese | Increase sputum viscosity |
| Spicy and exciting | chili, mustard | causing airway spasm |
| Fried food | Fried chicken, fried dough sticks | aggravate inflammatory response |
4. Precautions for special groups of people
1.children group: Weibo pediatric V @Doctor Wang suggested that honey is prohibited for children under 3 years old, and pears stewed with rock sugar can be used instead.
2.diabetics: The honey in the recipe can be replaced with Luo Han Guo. Xue Li recommends controlling the daily intake to no more than half.
3.Stomach disease patients: A highly praised answer on Zhihu’s medical topic pointed out that people with excessive gastric acid should avoid consuming radish-based dietary remedies on an empty stomach.
5. Latest research data reference
Research published in the December 2023 issue of "Chinese Dietetics" shows:
| Diet plan | efficient | Symptom relief time |
|---|---|---|
| Radish honey combination | 82.6% | 3-5 days |
| Pear + rock sugar | 76.3% | 5-7 days |
| Loquat leaves boiled in water | 68.9% | 7-10 days |
Warm reminder:If the cough lasts for more than 2 weeks, or symptoms such as fever and chest pain occur, you should seek medical treatment in time. The dietary therapy plan in this article is only used as an auxiliary conditioning method and cannot replace professional medical advice.
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