2. Watermelon is good kidney support. This is helpful if you are experiencing bloating.
3. Hot peppers are antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal and open a cell channel that helps you dump fluids.
4. Tea is an astringent. Drinking it can help reduce fluid in the lungs.
5. Spicy foods are medicinal. Some stuff that helps combat infection include: onions, garlic, hot peppers, black pepper, cinnamon, olives. Oregano and oil of oregano are especially helpful for lung infections.
6. Alkalinity helps combat viral infections. Look up alkaline food lists.
7. Stay hydrated and get enough salt. Water and salt are critical components of mucus, an important lung thing.
8. Lysine helps combat viral infections.
9. Lung clearance is a standard means to treat serious lung conditions and keep airways open. A simple means to do this is stand in the shower with your feet about shoulder width apart, bend over as far as you can and cough hard.
10. Caffeine is a stimulant that works very similarly to an inhaler drug. So you can drink coffee or eat very dark chocolate to open up the airways as a drug substitute.
Most likely, this comment will be downvoted to hell and one or more people will promptly jump up to accuse me of nefarious behavior, delusions of grandeur, having no fucking clue what I'm talking about or similar. I get that a lot.
I have a very deadly medical condition that involves the lungs. I'm off all drugs. The above are some of the things I rely upon.
I'm not a doctor. I'm a former homemaker and formerly homeless person.
Do whatever the hell you want with that info.
Edit: if you have lung distress, avoid bacon.