Fight PM 2.5 dust by eating 5 herbs.

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Due to the PM 2.5 dust situation that seems to be returning again, Dr. Supaporn Pitiporn, Chairman of the Thai Traditional Medicine and Herbal Strategy. Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital, has recommended 5 herbs that help care for and cleanse the lungs. Which are directly affected by PM 2.5, as follows:

Fight PM 2.5 dust by eating 5 herbs.

1.White Flower Grass

Currently, white grass is used as a remedy for smoking addiction because eating. It will make you smell like cigarettes and you won’t want to smoke anymore. This has led many hospitals to widely use white grass. In addition to helping you quit smoking, it also helps improve your physical fitness. The โปรโมชั่น ufabet blood will have more antioxidant properties. Which will significantly reduce the amount of carbon monoxide gas that is stagnant in the lungs.

Since this herb is very safe, has many properties, is easy to eat, and has a great taste. It has been developed into a tea, capsule, hard candy, soft candy, chewing gum, fast-dissolving film, and white grass coffee products that are easy to buy and easier to use. Currently, white grass tea is included in the National List of Essential Medicines 2012 in the herbal medicine developed to reduce cigarette cravings in tea form. Although this herb has many benefits, it also has disadvantages. That is, when taking this medicine, it will make your mouth and throat dry. Making you lose your appetite. For this reason, white grass may also be useful for weight control (be careful when using it in patients with heart and kidney disease because it is high in potassium).

2.Turmeric

Turmeric is outstanding in reducing inflammation. The study found that turmeric has a protective effect on the heart, blood vessels and lungs. In addition, studies have found that consuming turmeric at the time the organs are working will increase the efficiency of turmeric. For example, eating turmeric between 3:00-5:00 a.m., which is considered the time of the lungs, will help nourish the lungs, help prevent cervical cancer, help strengthen the skin’s immunity and help with allergies and difficulty breathing.

In this regard, when buying turmeric to consume on your own. Whether in powder or capsule form, you should buy it from a standardized source, clean, free of chemicals, and free of steroids. In the manufacturing process, it must not be heated above 65 degrees to maintain the quality of the turmeric.

3.Thunbergia laurifolia

Thunbergia laurifolia or “The King of Detoxification” is a herb that the Ministry of Public Health has campaigned for farmers and the general public to use to cure various poisons. Such as poison from pesticides, poison, lead, etc. Therefore, Thunbergia laurifolia is considered a very safe herb. We can eat the young shoots and young flowers as vegetables. We can boil them and eat them or cook them in curry, just like other local vegetables. In addition, people also like to drink the sweet juice from Thunbergia laurifolia flowers.

Although Thunbergia laurifolia can really help flush out toxins, there is currently no research or document indicating what effects it will have if used continuously for a long time or in excessive amounts. Therefore, scholars in this field do not recommend taking it continuously. Therefore, you should use it occasionally when necessary or when you want to treat an illness. Once you have seen results or have recovered, you should stop using it to prevent side effects that we don’t know about and that may occur.

4.Indian gooseberry

Traditional medicine believes that Indian gooseberry is the best medicine to dissolve phlegm and nourish the voice. In Ayurveda, it is used to treat coughs, asthma, and bronchitis. Research has found that eating Indian gooseberry can reduce the effects of sulfur dioxide. Which is the source of PM 2.5.

Indian gooseberry has a sour and astringent taste, which may be difficult for some people to eat. To eat Indian gooseberry, you should season it by cutting the gooseberry, removing the seeds, leaving only the flesh, then adding chili, salt, sugar and pounding it until slightly crushed. It should be eaten before going to bed or upon waking up or on an empty stomach. To reduce the astringency of Indian gooseberry, you can do this by washing it clean and blanching it in hot water. Then soak it in very salty salt water for about 2 days, and the astringent taste will disappear.

5.Andrographis paniculata

Andrographis paniculata is outstanding in boosting immunity, especially in the respiratory system. In the clinic, it is used to prevent and treat colds, mild sinusitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. The main properties of Andrographis paniculata are to help fight free radicals in the body, stimulate the body’s immune system, and resist foreign substances that enter the body. It also helps stimulate the production of white blood cells to better capture and eat germs.

At present, Andrographis paniculata has been produced into capsules, making it easier to buy and consume. Andrographis paniculata should not be consumed continuously for more than 1 week, as it may cause the body to have no strength. People who should not use Andrographis paniculata include pregnant women and people with low blood pressure, etc.