cold drink and snack
Summer is dominated by wind-heat colds. Patients with this cold have strong heat in their bodies, and their elimination is blocked. Eating some cold food to dispel wind and heat is helpful to the treatment of colds and can also cool down appropriately.
Common cold food
Staple food: millet, mung bean, wheat, barley, buckwheat and coix seed.
Vegetables: tomatoes, water celery, eggplant, rape, water bamboo, amaranth, spinach, day lily, lettuce, cauliflower, etc.
Fruits: persimmon, dried persimmon, grapefruit, banana, mulberry, carambola, fig, kiwi, watermelon, melon, etc.
Hot food
Although summer colds are mainly wind-heat colds, there are also wind-cold colds, which are common in people who blow air conditioners, electric fans and drink cold drinks in summer. Eating some warm food at this time has a good therapeutic effect on this cold.
Common warm food
Staple food: sorghum, glutinous rice, cheese, flour products, etc.
Vegetables: lentils, vegetables, bean sprouts, coriander, peppers, leeks, pumpkins, garlic sprouts, garlic moss, garlic, green onions, ginger, carrots, etc.
Fruits: litchi, longan, peach, jujube, bayberry, walnut, apricot, orange, cherry, etc.
Foods rich in vitamins.
Summer is also the season when viruses and fungi multiply in large numbers. During this period, there were also a lot of influenza. This kind of cold does not belong to wind-heat or wind-cold, so it needs antibiotic treatment. Therefore, eating some foods containing more vitamins has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on this cold, especially foods with high vitamin C, vitamin A and anthocyanin content.
Common foods with high vitamin content
Vitamin c food: vegetables: green vegetables, leeks, spinach, green peppers, cucumbers, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, etc. Fruits: fresh dates, kiwis, hawthorn, grapefruit, strawberries, oranges, lemons, etc.
Vitamin A food: vegetables: horsetail, Chinese cabbage, shepherd's purse, tomato, eggplant, pumpkin, cucumber, green pepper, spinach, alfalfa, pea seedlings, red sweet potato, carrot and so on. Fruits: pear, apple, loquat, cherry, banana, longan, apricot, litchi, watermelon, melon, etc.
Anthocyanin food: blueberry, black wolfberry, black grape, purple potato, mulberry, purple cabbage and so on.
Appetizing food
In summer, colds and fever seriously affect appetite. Hot weather will reduce people's appetite. Therefore, it is necessary to eat some appetizing and healthy food at this time, and ensuring normal nutrient intake also plays a certain role in treating colds.
Common appetizers are: tomato products, pickles, cucumbers, bitter gourd lettuce and sour fruits.
soft diet
Cold and fever combined with hot weather in summer lead to a large amount of water shortage in the body, and the digestive function of gastrointestinal tract is also affected to varying degrees. At this time, it is best to eat soft food, which has a good effect of replenishing water, strengthening the spleen and stomach and nourishing.
Suggested to eat: porridge, vegetable soup, fruit juice, and drink more warm water. It is not recommended to eat high-protein foods such as milk and soybean milk to avoid indigestion and abdominal distension and diarrhea.