How to remove lung toxins from smog, recipes for your family to collect

Haze weather has affected everyone's life. Haze weather contains inhalable particles and other substances, which may cause respiratory infections when entering the human body. Therefore, in haze weather, we should prevent respiratory infections and detoxify the body. How to detoxify?

1. Dietary principles for haze days

1. Eat more tofu

The sun does not show up in foggy days. Experts warn that this may affect the acquisition of vitamin D and lead to calcium deficiency. Most of the vitamin D needed by the human body needs to be obtained through sunlight, and vitamin D can promote calcium absorption. If there is insufficient sunlight for one or two consecutive months, it may lead to calcium deficiency.

Recommendation: Eat more tofu to supplement vitamin D and promote calcium absorption.

2. Eat light food and drink plenty of water

On foggy days, it is advisable to choose light, easy-to-digest and vitamin-rich foods, drink plenty of water, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. This will not only supplement various vitamins and inorganic salts, but also help moisten the lungs and eliminate dryness, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and strengthen the spleen and kidneys. Eat less irritating food and eat more lung-clearing and phlegm-reducing foods such as pears, loquats, oranges, and tangerines.

3. Drink more tea that can clear and moisten the lungs, such as monk fruit tea

Luo Han Guo tea can prevent and treat throat itching caused by inhaling polluted air on foggy days, and has a good effect of moistening the lungs. It is especially effective if you drink it in the afternoon. Because the fog is thickest in the early morning and almost dissipates by noon, people inhale more dust and impurities in the morning, so drinking it in the afternoon can clear the lungs in time.

4. Eat more fruits, mung bean soup, red bean soup, lotus seed boiled water, etc. to prevent the impact of smog on your respiratory tract.

For the elderly, children, pregnant women, heart patients, people with respiratory diseases and other people who are sensitive to pollution, it is best to reduce outdoor activities on cloudy days.

(II) How to detoxify the lungs on smoggy days

1. Radish is a detoxifying food for the lungs

In the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, the large intestine and the lungs have the closest relationship. The extent to which the lungs expel toxins depends on whether the large intestine is unobstructed. Radishes can help the large intestine excrete old feces. They can be eaten raw or mixed into a cold dish. ,

2. Lily improves the lung's ability to resist toxins

The lungs don’t like dry air. In dry conditions, toxins can easily accumulate. Mushrooms and lilies have good lung-nourishing and yin-nourishing effects, which can help the lungs fight toxins. When eating them, the processing time should not be too long, otherwise the juice in the lilies will be reduced and the anti-toxin effect will be greatly reduced.

3. Press the key points for lung detoxification

The acupoint that is beneficial to the lungs is the Hegu point , which is located on the back of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone. You can pinch this area with your thumb and index finger and press hard.

4. Sweat and detoxify

The lungs control the skin, so sweating profusely and letting the sweat carry away toxins from the body will refresh our lungs. In addition to exercise, another way to sweat is to take a hot bath . Add some ginger and peppermint essential oil to the water before bathing to make sweat secretion more comfortable and expel toxins from deep inside the body.

5. Take a deep breath

Every time you breathe, there are residual waste gases in your lungs that cannot be expelled. These waste gases are also a toxin compared to fresh, oxygen-rich air. Just a few deep breaths can reduce the residual waste gas in the body.

(III) How to prepare several lung-clearing foods

1. How to make pear stewed with Sichuan Fritillary and rock sugar

a Wash the pears, cut off the top, scoop out the pear core with a spoon, and add Sichuan Fritillaria and a few pieces of rock sugar in the middle.

b Cover the pear with the freshly cut pear cover and use a few toothpicks to secure it from top to bottom.

c Put the pears in a cup or a large bowl, add water, and simmer in a pot for about 35 minutes, until the whole pear becomes transparent!

2. Stewed pear with lily to moisten the lungs and fight viruses

Ingredients: 2 pears, 50 grams of lily, 20 grams of rock sugar.

Preparation: Soak the lilies in clean water for 30 minutes, boil them in boiling water for 3 minutes, take them out and drain the water; dig out the core of the pear, wash it, and cut it into pieces with the skin; put the pear pieces and lilies into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, add rock sugar and let it melt, then it is ready to eat.

3. Cold black fungus to cleanse the intestines and detoxify

Ingredients: black fungus, red pepper, minced garlic, salt, chicken essence, pepper, balsamic vinegar, sugar

Method: a. Soak the black fungus in cold or warm water (if time permits, soak it in cold water). Then add a spoonful of flour to the water used to wash the fungus, stir it, let it sit for 10 minutes, then wash each piece with running water. Remove the seeds from the red pepper and cut it into shreds. Clean the black fungus, remove the roots and tear it into small pieces by hand.

b. Put the pot on the shelf and boil water, blanch the black fungus (about two minutes).

c Then put the red pepper into the boiling water used to blanch the black fungus and take it out immediately. After blanching, quickly cool it in the boiling water to maintain its color and crispness.

d. Put the blanched black fungus and red pepper in a bowl, add minced garlic, salt, chicken essence, pepper, balsamic vinegar and a little bit of sugar. If you like spicy food, you can add some chili oil. Mix well.