Chicken soup is not recommended when you have pneumonia. First of all, chicken soup is a hot food, which has the effect of making people get hot, and drinking chicken soup at this time may cause sores on the mouth and tongue, which is often unpleasant. Secondly, chicken soup will also aggravate the symptoms of infection, because the fire is actually the symptoms of infection, which is very unfavorable for the recovery of pneumonia. In addition, Chinese medicine has the saying that fish produces fire and meat produces phlegm, so drinking chicken soup has the effect of producing phlegm, which can aggravate the situation of pneumonia. Therefore, when pneumonia occurs, it is generally not recommended to drink chicken soup, meat, greasy food, sour and sweet food. It is recommended to eat simple, light and easily digestible food, such as rice porridge or millet porridge, which can provide enough energy and is rich in carbohydrates and water, which is often better for recovery from pneumonia. Because digestion is also weakened during pneumonia, eating simple and easily digestible food is not likely to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.