Amatus Sami Tahera

  The lungs are one of the most important organs in our body. The main function of lungs is to maintain respiration. Respiration is the basic need of our body. If our lungs become weak, it can’t maintain the process of respiration. As a result, oxygen can’t reach into body tissues & hypoxia will develop that divert human body to death.   So, it is very important to keep our lungs healthy. Some herbs are harmful for lung, because due to excessive use of these herbs the normal structure of lungs become destroyed. During acute inflammation of lungs, we should not eat some foods, because these foods increase the production of phlegm & slow down the healing process. As a result, it causes persistent cough, recurrent cough or chronic inflammation of lungs. Now I will describe about it.   Foods that should be avoided during cough: 1. Pineapple/Ananas (Ananas sativus) 2. Papaya/Papita (Carica papaya) 3. Lettuce/Kahu (Lactuca sativa) 4. Tamarind/Tamar h...