What are the symptoms of lung deficiency?

Lung deficiency is divided into two types: lung qi deficiency and lung yin deficiency. Generally, the main symptoms of lung qi deficiency are shortness of breath, clear phlegm, feeling very tired and lack of strength. The main symptoms of lung yin deficiency include dry cough, dry mouth and tongue, and always feeling irritable and stuffy.

1. Symptoms of Lung Deficiency

1. Lung Qi deficiency, with symptoms including weak cough, shortness of breath when moving, clear and thin sputum, low voice, fatigue; or spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, and easy to catch cold; pale complexion, pale and tender tongue, and weak or floating pulse.

2. Lung yin deficiency, symptoms include dry cough with little sputum, or sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, dry mouth and throat, weight loss, hot flashes in the afternoon, irritability, internal heat, night sweats, red cheeks; or even blood in the sputum, hoarseness; red tongue with little fluid, and a thin and rapid pulse.

2. Lung deficiency health diet therapy

1. Red Date Porridge

Ingredients: 100-200 grams of red dates.

Method: When the porridge is cooked to 70% done, add red dates and cook until the porridge becomes done.

Health-preserving effects: It has the functions of nourishing the spleen, moisturizing the heart and lungs, replenishing the five internal organs, and treating deficiency. It also has certain effects on anemia, lung deficiency cough, hepatitis, hypertension, etc.

3. People with lung deficiency should avoid eating the following foods

1. Pomegranate

It is warm in nature and tastes sweet and sour. According to previous experience, pomegranate has the disadvantage of damaging lung qi, so people with weak lung qi should not eat too much. As recorded in "Bielu", it can damage the lungs and should not be eaten too much. "Daily Materia Medica" also says that the juice will stay in the diaphragm and turn into phlegm, damaging the lung qi, so patients should avoid eating it. This may include people with chronic tracheitis, emphysema, silicosis, bronchial asthma and other weak asthma, who should avoid eating it.

2. Water Chestnut

It is cold in nature and can eliminate accumulation and relieve gas. It has been pointed out in Ben Jing Feng Yuan that water chestnuts should be avoided for people with cough caused by deficiency and fatigue, as they can severely deplete the lung qi. Therefore, people with weak lung qi, whether they have a cough or shortness of breath, should not eat too much.

3. Walnuts

It is very hot in nature and spicy in taste. It is a typical spicy and stimulating food. Ancient doctors believed that eating too much of it would stir up qi and dry up fluids, consume qi and damage yin. "Haiyao Bencao" also says that it is not advisable to take too much, as it will damage the lungs. Zhu Danxi, a famous doctor in the Yuan Dynasty, also believed that pepper is dry in nature and can greatly damage the spleen, stomach and lung qi. If it is used for a long time, it will seriously damage the qi, and will make the disaster worse for people with illnesses and diseases. From this we can see that people with weak lung qi should not eat too much pepper.

4. Mint

It is cool in nature, sweet and spicy in taste, and spicy can disperse and consume lung qi. Wu Yiluo of the Qing Dynasty believed that mint is pungent and can damage the qi. Taking too much of it can damage the lungs and the heart, so people with weak constitutions should stay away from it. "Bencao Jingshu" also says that if the cough is caused by lung deficiency and cold but there is no fever, do not take the medicine. Therefore, any cough and asthma caused by lung deficiency should be avoided.

In addition, people with lung deficiency should avoid or eat less raw radish, radish seeds, ginger, garlic, coriander, onion, betel nut, radish tops, toon tops, mustard greens, ground skullcap, kumquat, kumquat cake, monk fruit, cinnamon, amomum, cardamom, chrysanthemum, white wine, cigarettes, etc.