Coughing is a common occurrence in life and is often accompanied by coughing up large amounts of phlegm, especially when the seasons change. If this happens, it is important to pay attention to it in time, otherwise, it can easily lead to serious illnesses and affect your health.
Why phlegm can cause serious illness?
Phlegm has two meanings in the concept of Chinese medicine, one refers to the phlegm that is coughed up in the respiratory tract daily. And the other refers mainly to the evil of phlegm and dampness, a posture that directly affects the body’s water metabolism, which may continue to cause damage to the body and leave some of the roots of the disease, which often develops into serious illness at a later stage if not effectively treated. General phlegm does not affect the health of the body, but in the case of phlegm-damp evil, not only will there be an increase in phlegm, but there will also be significant systemic symptoms.
How should I solve the problem of phlegm and dampness?
1. Dietary adjustment
As long as the diet is adjusted for phlegm and dampness, then it is necessary to distinguish phlegm and dampness. First of all, the phlegm in the body has a certain connection with the evil of phlegm and dampness, then you can have by the specific performance of phlegm to start. As we all know, after eating some spicy and oily food, the coughing up of phlegm will significantly increase, sometimes transforming into yellow phlegm, which means that these foods have a huge impact on phlegm. Therefore, it is necessary to change to a light diet in terms of diet, and it is best to add some foods that strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness to be able to control the evil of phlegm and dampness very well.
2. Strengthen the spleen
Weak spleen and stomach are sometimes one of the main reasons for the appearance of phlegm and dampness, when the patient’s body is weak, the spleen and stomach function is abnormal, it often leads to water stagnation in the body, which contains some harmful substances, will continue to accumulate in the body, can not be eliminated also formed phlegm. Therefore, strengthening the spleen and stomach can help transport water and promote the elimination of harmful substances, which will fundamentally solve the problem of phlegm and dampness.
3. Medication
The invasion of phlegm does not appear in a day or two, usually due to a long period of bad habits or the influence of external factors, so to carry out treatment, often needs to be differentiated according to the time and specific circumstances of the appearance of phlegm damp. Many patients begin treatment only when more obvious symptoms appear when phlegm evil has been developing in the body for a relatively long period. General dietary treatments are no longer effective in controlling the symptoms, and herbs to resolve phlegm and dispel dampness are needed to intervene.
Often, phlegm and dampness evils appear in the body due to negligence in certain areas of life. Over time it can also seriously damage the internal organs of the patient, therefore, it is best to prevent phlegm and dampness from aspect of life.