Types of drinks that are good for people with pneumonia.

When suffering from pneumonia, consuming the following drinks can greatly aid in treatment.

Pneumonia is an acute inflammatory condition of the lungs. It often occurs after another respiratory illness such as measles, whooping cough, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, etc. Patients typically experience a cough with yellow or greenish phlegm, chest pain, fatigue, and sometimes purulent sputum. Treatment for pneumonia requires antibiotics as prescribed by a doctor. Additionally, it's important to drink plenty of fluids to thin the phlegm and eat easily digestible, liquid foods.

The following drinks are good for people with pneumonia:

Pneumonia (without respiratory distress), you can choose one of the following food or drink options:

- Houttuynia cordata decoction: Boil 30g of Houttuynia cordata leaves and drink twice a day.

- Banana root juice: Crush 120g of fresh banana roots, extract the juice, heat it, add a little salt, and drink.

- Decoction of fresh cogon grass roots and reed roots: 50g of cogon grass roots, 50g of fresh reed roots, crush and drink the juice in several portions.

- Honey and honey decoction: 30g of honeysuckle flowers, 30g of honey. Boil the honeysuckle flowers with 500ml of water, strain the liquid, discard the solids, let it cool, add honey, and drink throughout the day.

- Reed root tea: Boil 150g of fresh reed roots in water and drink the resulting decoction instead of tea.

- Decoction of cogon grass roots and lotus root: 150g of fresh cogon grass roots, 200g of fresh lotus root. Cut the cogon grass roots into small pieces, slice the lotus root thinly, and boil them in water to drink regularly.

- Loofah flower tea: Wash loofah flowers thoroughly, put them in boiling water (let it steep for 10 minutes), then add honey and drink.

- Dandelion pills: Take an arbitrary amount of dandelion, dry it, grind it into powder, mix it with honey to form pills, and suck on one pill three times a day, preferably after meals.

- Brown rice porridge with fresh reed roots: Crush 150g of fresh reed roots and squeeze out the juice. Add the juice to 50g of brown rice and cook into porridge. Divide into portions and eat hot 2-3 times a day.

- Brown rice and radish porridge: Cook 100g of fresh white radish and 100g of brown rice together to make porridge. Alternatively, extract the juice from the radish and use it to cook the porridge, dividing it into two servings, one in the morning and one in the evening.

- Almond and lily porridge: 50g lily flowers, 10g almonds, 50g rice. Boil water over the rice, then add the two herbs and cook into porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add a little sugar and eat once a day.

Pneumonia (cough with purulent sputum)

- Purple garlic decoction with vinegar: Crush one purple-skinned garlic clove, add 120g of vinegar, simmer in an earthenware pot, and drink after meals.

- Pickled garlic: 250g of garlic, enough vinegar to completely cover the garlic. Put everything into a jar and let it soak for 7 days before use. Eat 6-10g 3-4 times a day.

- Decoction of Sophora japonica root and Platycodon grandiflorus: 60 g of Sophora japonica root, 15 g of Platycodon grandiflorus, decocted in water and drunk twice a day.

- Fresh lotus leaf decoction: Use 20g of fresh lotus leaves (or dried leaves). Brew and drink 2-4 times a day.

- Fresh bamboo leaf juice: Use unlimited amounts of fresh bamboo leaves, crush them and extract the juice. Drink 3-4 times a day, one cup each time.

- Pickled shallots with honey: 60g shallots, 120g honey. Chop the shallots finely and mix with honey. Consume 30-50g once or twice a day.

- Beehive and honey: 1 beehive, enough honey. Fill the honeycomb chambers with honey, then roast them in an earthenware pot until golden brown, then grind into a powder. Take 9g 2-3 times a day with warm water.

- Coix root decoction: Boil 30-60g of coix root in water and drink 2-4 times a day.

- Pomegranate flower decoction: Use a sufficient amount of pomegranate flowers, boil them in water, and drink the decoction 2-4 times a day.

- Houttuynia cordata and reed root juice: 120g of Houttuynia cordata, 60g of reed root. Crush and extract the juice, drink 2-3 times a day.

- Houttuynia cordata, Platycodon grandiflorus, and licorice: 500g of Houttuynia cordata, 10g of Platycodon grandiflorus, and 10g of licorice. Boil the Platycodon grandiflorus and licorice in 250ml of water until reduced to 120ml. Wash the Houttuynia cordata with rice water, extract the juice, and add it to the decoction for drinking.

- Braised pork trotters with rehmannia root bark: 60-120g rehmannia root bark, 1 pork trotter. Braise until tender, eat the meat and drink the broth.

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