Tulip Most patients with respiratory diseases are suitable to drink warm soups that are light, less oily and non-irritating. There is no so-called "special treatment soup", and the various lung nourishing soups circulated on the Internet are not suitable for everyone.
Not long ago, my relative was recovering from mycoplasma pneumonia. He heard that drinking rock sugar, pear and lily soup can quickly relieve his cough. After drinking it for three days, he coughed all night and could not sleep. When he went for a review, the doctor said that he has a weak constitution of the spleen and stomach. Drinking too much cold sweet soup will produce phlegm and dampness, which will stimulate the airway and make the cough worse. In fact, there is no need to worry about how "nourishing the lungs" the ingredients in the soup are. The key is not to burden the respiratory tract and body first. If you are in the acute stage of sore throat and fever, avoid those spicy soups with a lot of pepper and chili peppers, thick bone soup with a layer of oil, and old hen soup. It is also recommended to warm the soup that is too hot before drinking, otherwise it will burn the red and swollen throat, causing pain and discomfort, and it will easily aggravate local edema.
If you just have a common cold with dry throat and a slight cough, and have no other discomfort, and you are not allergic to ingredients such as lily and pear, you can cook some light pear lily soup and white radish and tangerine peel soup. Drink it to moisturize your throat and make your throat more comfortable. It can also add enough water to help dilute phlegm and make it easier to cough up. If you are a patient with chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD, you should add less salt when drinking soup. Too much sodium intake will easily aggravate airway edema, which will make the symptoms of chest tightness and wheezing more obvious. It is good to drink lean meat soup or winter melon soup with the oil removed, and you can also supplement it with high-quality protein to help improve your resistance. I have an elder who has suffered from chronic bronchitis for more than 20 years. In the past, he always felt that he needed to be recuperated when he was sick. Every time he coughed, he would stew a very thick old hen soup and drink it. Every time he drank it, he would cough for several days. Later, he followed the doctor's advice and switched to boiled radish soup and lean pork soup with the oil removed. It was comfortable to drink and the recovery was much faster.
Of course, don’t treat soup as a cure. If you really have obvious symptoms of cough, fever, or difficulty breathing, you should see a doctor first. Drinking soup is at most a small way to help relieve discomfort.
