There is a folk saying that “fish makes fire, meat produces phlegm, radish and cabbage are safe”, so many people think that when you have a cold, cough, or sputum Do not eat meat, but eat more radishes and cabbage. Is there any scientific basis for this statement?
Let’s take a look at what Chinese medicine thinks about this issue. First of all, the "phlegm" in Chinese medicine is formed due to abnormal body fluid metabolism.
The spleen governs the transportation of water, and the lungs govern the deceleration.
In the normal state of the human body, water depends on the function of the spleen and lungs to substitute for body fluid to nourish our whole body.
However, under the influence of certain pathogenic factors, the spleen and lung dysfunction can cause the water to fail to transform into body fluid, which will stay in the body and form sputum.
Secondly, the production of sputum is closely related to diet.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine,Meat is a product of fat, sweet and thick taste and dampness. Fish and shrimp are fishy and fishy muttons. Eating fat and sweet fishy mutton can easily lead to loss of health of the spleen. The diet is not normalized. In the lungs, cough and sputum will occur. This is the principle that "the spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lung is the organ of sputum storage".
Again, can I eat meat when I cough up sputum, and what should I pay attention to when I eat?
All things pay attention to one degree, the diet is also the same.
Eating a large amount of meat will indeed aggravate phlegm, but people with phlegm are not completely unable to eat meat, meat can provide us with the necessary nutrients after all.
If obese people suffer from loss of appetite and thick tongue coating, they should eat less meat and avoid cold foods such as fish, shrimp, crabs, etc. Eat, and remember not to drink.
For patients with chronic sputum expectoration, they need to pay attention to their diet, which is light and nutritious.
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