Ayurvedic Diet Chart for Respiratory Disorders
An Ayurvedic diet for respiratory disorders helps strengthen the lungs, boost immunity, and reduce breathing problems like asthma, bronchitis, cough, and sinus issues. By following a natural food chart with lung-cleansing ingredients, you can improve respiratory health and balance the doshas effectively.
| Ayurvedic Breakfast for Respiratory Health |
| Ajwain-broken wheat porridge |
Ragi roti |
| Honey water (room temperature) |
Tulsi-mint water (10-15 leaves) |
| Puffed rice |
Amla juice |
| Chapatti made with bajra/jowar |
Roasted pumpkin, flax, and sunflower seeds |
| Soaked basil or chia seeds |
Sweet pomegranate juice |
| Lunch for Respiratory Disorders |
| Pigeon pea curry with black pepper |
Pointed gourd curry with brown rice |
| Millet hotchpotch |
Red rice kheer |
| Multigrain chapatti (ragi, jowar, mixed grains) |
| Ajwain seed-wheat flour porridge (Raab) |
Mixed vegetable ginger upma |
| Cooked amaranthus with bottle gourd |
Rice or coarse wheat flour roti |
| Snacks for Respiratory Care |
| Amaranthus or rice popcorn |
Cow's milk with turmeric |
| Sesame-jaggery balls (til laddu) |
Semolina upma |
| Brown rice porridge |
Ginger-jaggery tea |
| Ayurvedic Dinner for Respiratory Health |
| Jowar hotchpotch |
Amaranthus curry |
| Mixed vegetable curry |
Sponge gourd or bitter gourd curry |
| Red/brown rice gruel |
Moong bean-garlic curry |
| Jawar roti |
Barley roti |
Foods to Avoid in Respiratory Disorders:
Avoid these foods as they increase mucus, congestion, and breathing difficulty:
Cold foods, dairy products, and buttermilk.
Regular rice, curd, yogurt, and hung curd.
Buffalo milk.
Yogurt at night.
Cold water and excess water intake at night.
Heavy, oily, fried, or spicy food.
Baked and high soda bicarb foods.
Artificial sugar and sweeteners.
Recently harvested grains.
Black gram and black gram split (urad dal).
Refined oil and refined flour.
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Foods to Use in Moderation:
Natural sweeteners (dates, figs, 1-year-aged jaggery).
Wheat flour.
Apples, oranges, and other citrus fruits.
Sour and spicy food items.
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Best Foods to Include for Healthy Lungs:
Ajwain, black pepper.
Ginger, turmeric.
Basil (tulsi), mint.
Basil seeds, chia seeds.
Red rice.
Cow ghee.
Grapes, raisins.
Multigrain chapatti.
Amla (Indian gooseberry).
Pomegranate.
Bottle gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd.
Puffed rice.
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