Can I eat dumplings if I have a cough?

Coughing is a symptom that many people experience. When coughing, patients feel particularly uncomfortable. Of course, in addition to timely treatment of coughs, patients also need to pay close attention to their daily diet. So, can you eat dumplings if you have a cough? For patients with cough, there is generally no problem as long as the dumplings they eat are light. Next, I will introduce to you the dietary taboos for patients with cough!

1. Avoid cold food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "cold body and cold drinks will damage the lungs", which means that once the body is exposed to cold, eating cold food can easily damage the lungs. Cough is mostly caused by lung diseases which lead to lung qi stagnation and upward flow. If you eat too cold food at this time, it will easily cause blockage of lung qi, aggravating the symptoms and not healing over time. Whether children or adults, coughing often produces phlegm. The amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. Eating too much cold food will cause damage to the baby's spleen and lungs.

2. Avoid fatty and sweet foods

The baby's cough is mostly caused by lung heat. In daily diet, if you eat more greasy and heavy-tasting foods, it will only increase internal heat and aggravate the cough. It can also cause phlegm and heat to be difficult to cough up. More seriously, it will hinder the baby's smooth breathing and aggravate asthma. At the same time, sweet and greasy foods often cause phlegm, which can make it difficult to cough up. Therefore, babies should eat more light food during coughing.

3. Avoid nourishing food

Most parents believe that their baby coughs because of weak constitution, so many parents will use food supplements to regulate their baby's body during the period when the baby is coughing. But in fact, it is not suitable to supplement the baby during the period when the baby is coughing. Most nourishing foods are hot in nature. Babies have poor appetite during coughing, and doing so will aggravate the cough!

4. Avoid eating oranges

Many parents think of oranges when they see their baby coughing. Oranges can relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, so eating more oranges can help relieve the baby's cough. In fact, oranges are a fruit with a different appearance and inside out. The orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, but the orange flesh can generate heat and phlegm!

Therefore, when your baby is coughing, you should pay attention to drinking more hot water and eating a lighter diet. Common colds and coughs can be improved through dietary therapy.