Patients with acute pneumonia are not recommended to eat mutton because mutton is warm in nature and is a hairy substance that can easily produce phlegm and heat, which is not very beneficial to coughs and fevers, because pneumonia has high fever, cough, chest tightness, chest pain and other symptoms in the initial acute attack, which is not suitable for eating mutton. For pneumonia patients should eat a light diet, do not eat fatty, sweet, thick and greasy food, if pneumonia improves, in the late stage of improvement of the body is relatively weak, you can eat some appropriate lamb, has to promote the role of warming and replenishing qi and blood. When cooking mutton it is recommended to add white radish and green vegetables to play a role in clearing, lowering fire and moistening dryness to prevent aggravating the condition. In addition mutton also has a therapeutic and tonic effect on physical deficiencies such as wind-cold cough, deficiency cold asthma, diarrhea, cold pain and lumbar soreness. However, it is not suitable for warm symptoms such as fever, toothache, mouth and tongue sores, and coughing up thick phlegm. So whether you can eat mutton in pneumonia, it is not recommended in the acute stage, and can be used in small amounts in the late stage of improvement and recovery to play a role in warming the qi and blood.