During days of seasonal change, or when the climate turns damp, people with asthma often run into trouble. Hospitals have to receive hundreds of asthma-related cases, and the age group most often affected is young children.
Besides modern treatment methods, parents also look into traditional medicine and apply folk remedies to limit the progression of the disease. Among them, bird's nest is regarded as a remedy that both nourishes the body and appears especially effective for people with respiratory conditions.
Dishes to prevent and treat asthma that bring good results
Dishes made from bird's nest
A notable bird's nest dish that supports preventing and treating asthma is bird's nest soup with Angelica dahurica (bach chi).
Bird's nest contains many nutrients that help the body recover and strengthen quickly. In addition, when combined with Angelica dahurica, bird's nest works even better, acting like a guard that stops harmful bacteria from invading the body.
To cook bird's nest with Angelica dahurica: use about 12g Angelica dahurica, 12g bird's nest and a little rock sugar. Put them in a clay pot, light the fire and simmer gently until very soft. Discard the dregs, dissolve the rock sugar, and divide the liquid in two to drink in the morning and in the evening. Drink for 10 - 15 days in a row and you will notice the effect right away.
In addition, you can prepare other bird's nest dishes to support preventing and treating asthma, such as bird's nest steamed with mixed rock sugar, bird's nest steamed with rock sugar and fresh milk, bird's nest steamed with rock sugar and jujube...
Gecko stewed with rock sugar
Depending on preference, use a few geckos with about 15g rock sugar. Dry the geckos and grind them into powder to store and use gradually. Each time, take 5g - 6g of gecko powder and cook it thoroughly with rock sugar. Drink once a day, continuously for about 1 month, and you will see results.
Old duck stewed with cordyceps
This dish seems very easy to make because the ingredients are fairly easy to find. Just take 1 old duck, clean it and discard the intestines and internal organs, and chop it into pieces, along with 10 - 15g cordyceps. Put the old duck meat in a pot and stew until very soft, add the cordyceps and cook for another 10 minutes, seasoning to taste. Eat this dish 1 - 2 times a week, and after 5 -10 uses it will bring good results for the user.
Effects of bird's nest on asthma
According to traditional Eastern medicine texts, bird's nest is sweet in flavour and neutral in nature, and enters the lung, stomach and kidney meridians. It nourishes yin and moistens dryness, tonifies the middle and boosts qi, tonifies the kidneys and generates essence, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the blood – for bronchitis, dry cough with sticky phlegm, asthma, coughing blood, vomiting blood, gastro-oesophagitis with vomiting, dysentery and prolonged malaria, tuberculosis.... And what is more, bird's nest has the effect of supporting the treatment of general weakness, tuberculosis and asthma.
Using bird's nest regularly will help children with asthma receive all the nutrients needed for development, while stimulating the digestive system, helping the body absorb nutrients better, quickly repairing damage, strengthening immunity and raising resistance so that children have enough health to fight common illnesses during seasonal changes.
Today there are many businesses selling and wholesaling all kinds of bird's nest, from premium to affordable, at prices suited to people's living standards, so consumers can now access this nourishing food more easily. However, you should look to long-established, reputable businesses and stores in the market such as Yến Sào Sài Gòn.