Pneumonia refers to an inflammatory disease of the lung parenchyma caused by an acute infection of the lungs. The diet should consist primarily of light, easily digestible foods. During the acute phase, drink plenty of plain water; you may consume liquid or semi-liquid foods containing protein and fiber. Avoid foods that are warming and drying, deep-fried, or heat-inducing, and refrain from taking tonic foods too early. During the recovery phase, choose foods that moisten the lungs, nourish yin, or tonify qi and promote fluid production. Avoid raw, cold, hard, heat-inducing, greasy, and strongly stimulating foods.
Suitable foods and medicinal-food combinations include water chestnuts, pears, loquat leaves, lotus root, tangerine peel, lily bulbs, almonds, winter melon seeds, pig bile, dandelion, reed root, honeysuckle, fishy grass, isatis leaf, mulberry bark, asparagus root, Sichuan fritillary bulb, mulberry leaves, and sugarcane.
The following are clinically proven, affordable, effective, and delicious tea, drink, and decoction recipes:
Astragalus and Tangerine Peel Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Moistens the lungs, clears dryness, quenches thirst, and promotes the production of body fluids. Suitable for patients in the recovery phase of pneumonia with lung dryness and yin deficiency, presenting with symptoms such as fever that has subsided, coughing and shortness of … Read more
Fresh Reed Root Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, promotes fluid production, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.
Loquat Leaf Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.
Houttuynia Cordata and Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.
Honeysuckle, Forsythia, and Almond Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.
Dandelion and Reed Root Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.
Four-Juice Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Moistens the lungs, clears dryness, quenches thirst, and promotes saliva production. Suitable for patients in the recovery phase of pneumonia with a pattern of lung dryness and yin deficiency, presenting with symptoms such as fever that has subsided or low-grade fever, dry cough with scant … Read more
Saponaria, Ophiopogon, and Almond Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Moistens the lungs, clears dryness, quenches thirst, and promotes fluid production. Suitable for patients with lung dryness and yin deficiency during the recovery phase of pneumonia.
