What foods are good for the elderly with asthma?

The incidence of asthma in the elderly is getting higher and higher. Therefore, in order to better reduce and minimize the damage, we must have a scientific and reasonable diet. White radish stewed with water chestnut juice, or stewed with walnuts and pig lungs, are all good foods to relieve asthma in the elderly.

1. Radish and water chestnut juice: Peel the white radish and water chestnuts and mash them into juice of 50 grams each. Stew and drink while hot.

2. Maltose, tofu and radish soup: 300 grams of tofu, 100 grams of maltose, 1 cup of raw radish juice, mix and boil for consumption.

3. 250 grams of sesame seeds, 125 grams each of ginger, honey and rock sugar. First, mash the ginger to extract the juice. Then wash the sesame seeds and soak them in the ginger juice. Put them into a pot and stir-fry over low heat. Remove from the pot and let cool. Then dissolve the honey and rock sugar, add the ginger juice and sesame seeds, mix well, and place in a wide-mouthed container. Take 1 tablespoon each morning after getting up and before going to bed at night for 10 to 15 days, and the symptoms can be significantly alleviated and resolved. If the condition is serious, you can take it for a few more days. This prescription is particularly suitable for elderly patients with chronic asthma.

4. 250 grams of pig lung (washed and sliced), 30 grams of walnuts, and 15 grams of ginger, stew together, 3 times a day. Take it all within 1 to 2 days. It is suitable for patients with renal deficiency whose symptoms do not heal for a long time and recur repeatedly.

5. Note: Foods such as lily, fungus, peanuts, loofah, radish, lotus root, tangerine, grapefruit, orange, walnut, pear, honey, kelp, etc. have the effects of removing expectorant, relieving asthma, relieving cough, and moistening the lungs. Asthma patients can eat them regularly. Oily and fishy foods such as fatty meat, marine fish, shrimp, and crab can promote dampness, produce phlegm, and stir up fire, which can easily cause asthma or make the condition worse, so they should be avoided.