What are the measures to promote expectoration

If the human body has phlegm, it is a very troublesome problem. There are many reasons for causing phlegm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is due to human body weakness. Another reason is insufficient vital energy. Because of spleen deficiency, water and moisture accumulate and form phlegm. If the human body has phlegm, it is necessary to check the cause and treat it symptomatically in time to achieve timely phlegm discharge. Many patients do not know what measures are there to promote phlegm discharge. What are the measures to promote phlegm discharge? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What are the measures to promote expectoration?

(1) Deep breathing and effective coughing: help to discharge secretions from the distal airway and keep the airway open.

(2) Humidification and nebulization therapy: Humidification therapy aims to moisten the airways and dilute sputum. It is suitable for patients with thick sputum and difficulty expectoration.

(3) Chest percussion and chest wall vibration: Suitable for those who are weak due to long-term illness, bedridden for a long time, and unable to expectorate; contraindicated for patients with undrained pneumothorax, rib fractures, a history of pathological fractures, hemoptysis, hypotension, pulmonary edema, etc.

(4) Postural drainage: Postural drainage uses gravity to expel secretions from the lungs and bronchi out of the body, also known as gravity drainage. It is suitable for patients with emphysema, bronchiectasis, etc. who have a large amount of sputum and poor discharge. It is contraindicated for patients with respiratory insufficiency, obvious dyspnea and cyanosis, a history of severe hemoptysis in the past 1 to 2 weeks, severe cardiovascular disease or the elderly and weak who cannot tolerate it.

(5) Mechanical suction: Suitable for those who are unable to cough up thick sputum, are unconscious or have difficulty expectorating.

2. What to eat to reduce phlegm?

1. Braised Chinese Yam with Candied Dates

Wash the yam, boil it until it is soft, then mix it with pitted candied dates and cook it together. Make a bowl of candied dates and yam. Eating it can moisten the lungs and cure chronic cough due to lung deficiency. People with lung deficiency and long-term cough can eat it to relieve cough.

2. Polygonatum sibiricum rock sugar

Wash the Polygonatum odoratum, soak it and cook it with rock sugar. Eat the Polygonatum odoratum and drink the soup twice a day. It can achieve the effect of clearing the lungs, regulating the spleen and replenishing the essence. Patients with such symptoms can achieve the effect of relieving cough and asthma by taking it on time and in the right amount.

3. Peanut stewed with Adenophora

This soup is made by mixing peanuts, ginkgo nuts, lilies, and northern adenophora together, boiling out the juice, and then adding rock sugar. Stir well and drink once a day. It can moisten the lungs and eliminate phlegm. It is also effective for symptoms of long-term cough with little sputum, shortness of breath and dry throat.

4. Autumn Pear Porridge

Wash the autumn pear, remove the core, chop it, and cook it with the japonica rice into porridge. Zhu De can add appropriate amount of rock sugar during the process. This porridge can moisten the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and has the effect of promoting salivation and quenching thirst. It is also suitable for patients with symptoms of dry throat, thirst, dry cough and little phlegm in autumn that cause lung damage.

5. Almond Tofu

Wash the almonds, then grind them into almond paste. Boil them for 10 minutes and then add the tofu. When it boils again, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar. This porridge is very effective for cough and asthma, and it is also helpful for the lungs to eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and asthma.

6. Loquat

There is a cold medicine called loquat syrup, which is specifically used to treat minor colds such as coughs. Therefore, loquat is a very good fruit for relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and it is harmless to eat more of it.

3. Notes

Eat more fruits and vegetables to supplement your nutrition and vitamins, which will help recovery from illness. Do not eat foods that are too raw, cold or spicy to avoid stimulating your body again and reduce the occurrence of harm. Fruits contain all kinds of vitamins necessary for the human body. Eating more fruits is helpful to health and eliminate toxins. In addition, vegetables also have such effects. Therefore, eating more fruits and vegetables is really the first choice for health preservation.