What is the best food to reduce phlegm

The reason why people should seek timely treatment when they have coughing symptoms is that if the cough is too severe, it will not only damage the throat, but also produce phlegm. Phlegm is mainly caused by excessive protein in the human body. If phlegm appears during coughing, it will seriously affect breathing. So what can you eat to relieve cough and reduce phlegm?

1. What to eat to reduce phlegm

1.1. Persimmon. It is cold in nature, sweet and slightly astringent in taste, and enters the lung, spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has many functions such as moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening the intestines, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. For people who suffer from autumn dryness, cough and phlegm, eating some persimmons can effectively moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm.

1.2. Peanuts contain a large amount of protein and unsaturated fatty acids, which can strengthen the body, soothe the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm, nourish and regulate qi, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, stop bleeding and produce lactation, clear the throat and stop malaria. They can also enhance memory and help improve the baby's memory, which is of great benefit to the baby.

1.3. Soy milk. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soy milk has the effects of diuresis, moisturizing dryness, clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm, and is very suitable for drinking in autumn. Soy milk contains female hormones similar to those in the human body, which helps to make the skin smooth and fair and also maintain the body shape.

1.4. Monk fruit is known as the "magic fruit". It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing the voice and moistening the lungs, and removing bad breath. It is especially effective for hoarseness, dry throat and thirst caused by excessive smoking and drinking. It can also lower blood sugar levels and improve diabetes.

2. What are the causes of excessive sputum?

A weak constitution and insufficient vital energy can cause moisture to accumulate and condense into phlegm due to spleen deficiency. A weak spleen and stomach, lingering stagnation of dampness, can damage the spleen and stomach; or overeating of raw food, melons and fruits can damage the middle yang; or drinking too much water due to fever and inadequate spleen function can all cause dampness to remain and gather into phlegm. In addition, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause turbid air to accumulate in the stomach, generate dampness and heat, and turn into turbid phlegm. If an exogenous infection is not treated properly, or if a person is weak and suffers from exogenous infections repeatedly, the lung qi will be damaged and will be unable to transport fluid to the four parts of the body and regulate the water channels to transport it to the bladder, causing the fluid to retain and turn into phlegm. The phlegm is stored in the lungs, and the lung qi is not well affected. The phlegm will surge into the airways and cause coughing and excessive phlegm. When suffering from rhinitis, the nasal mucosa secretes a large amount of purulent and highly viscous secretions due to inflammation, which are transported to the nasopharynx through the nasal cilia and adhere to the nasopharynx, causing a foreign body sensation in the throat, which is then coughed out.

3. Several diseases caused by excessive sputum

Chronic bronchitis is prone to coughing, wheezing, and excessive sputum when exposed to cold. If it is not cured for a long time, it may develop emphysema and cor pulmonale. When combined with bacterial infection, the sputum is yellow and sticky and there is fever. Pneumonia: Lobar pneumonia is accompanied by rusty sputum and chills and fever. Pulmonary tuberculosis causes fever, night sweats, and when lung cavities form, there is a lot of sputum. Laboratory tests can reveal tuberculosis bacteria, which may be accompanied by blood in the sputum. Bronchiectasis produces a large amount of sputum, which can be divided into three layers: thin, thick, and extra thick. It may also be accompanied by coughing up blood. Lung abscess produces a lot of sputum with a foul odor, accompanied by fever. The sputum of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is green or yellow-green, sticky, and accompanied by fever. Lung cancer patients cough up thin or thick sputum, sometimes with blood, and in the late stage the sputum also smells bad.