Many people are prone to colds in winter, because the weather changes quickly at this time. Common colds are wind-chill colds. The common symptoms of wind-chill colds are an intolerance to the cold and a runny nose, which is what pregnant women are most afraid of. It's a cold, because pregnant women can't take medicines and injections casually, and they feel very uncomfortable. So what medicine should pregnant women take for colds? What medicine should I take for colds during pregnancy?

1. What are the symptoms?

The main symptoms of a cold in pregnant women are aversion to cold, cold, and wind. In addition, there are no sweats, head and neck pain, limb aches, and nasal congestion. Symptoms such as sneezing, coughing, and thin white tongue coating can make pregnant women feel uncomfortable.

2. What medicine to take?

Pregnant women suffering from colds and colds should not take conventional cold medicines to avoid affecting the fetus. If the cold symptoms of pregnant women are mild, it is not recommended that pregnant women take medicine. They can drink more water, rest more, drink brown sugar ginger water, ginger and radish soup, etc. to help recovery. If pregnant women have severe cold symptoms, they must not take cold medicines without permission. They should take medicines with less side effects under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Food therapy for colds and colds in pregnant women

(1) Green onion and ginger soup

Ingredients: 3 raw green onions, 3 slices of ginger, 10 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Add ginger and brown sugar water to 1 and a half bowls of water and fry over low heat until the bowl is more than half full; add green onions and fry for a while.

Tips: Pregnant mothers can drink this bowl of green onion and ginger soup while it’s hot, which has the effect of pungent and warming.

(2) Shredded ginger and radish soup

Ingredients: 25 grams of shredded ginger, 50 grams of radish, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: Slice the radish, add 500 ml of water, cook the radish and ginger for 15 minutes; add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and drink it while it is hot.

(3) Green onion, black bean and tofu soup

Ingredients: 3 green onions, 12 grams of light black soya bean, 2 small pieces of tofu.

Method: Fry the tofu in the pot until it is light yellow, then add light black soya bean; use 1 and a half bowls of water, fry until it is more than half a bowl, then add green onions.

Tip: If a pregnant mother has a cold, she can drink this bowl of green onion and black bean curd soup while it is hot, and then keep warm to relieve the cold.

4. Massage acupoints for relief

(1) Yingxiang point

Location: Yingxiang point is located on the face of the human body, about one centimeter beside the nose. In the wrinkles (next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose, in the nasolabial fold),

Yingxiang point is good at unblocking the nose. Symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, etc. are often caused by colds and colds. Press and rub this point. can be relieved.

(2) Hegu point

Location: also known as the tiger's mouth. It belongs to the large intestine meridian of Hand Yangming. Original point. On the back of the hand, between the first and second metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the second metacarpal bone. Massaging and stimulating the Hegu point can calm and relieve pain, stimulate the meridians, activate meridians, clear away heat and relieve the surface. Tightening this point can relieve uncomfortable symptoms such as cold, cold, headache, and fever.

(3) Quchi point

Location: Bend the elbow at a right angle, at the end of the horizontal crease of the elbow. When looking for acupoints, bend your elbow at the end of the transverse crease, which is the depression on the inner edge of the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

Quchi point is one of the commonly used acupoints on the large intestine meridian of Yangming in the hand. When you have a cold or cold, pressing and rubbing Quchi point, Gu point, and Waiguan point can dispel wind and relieve the surface, clear away heat and relieve pain. It is mainly used for treating colds and colds. Colds and fever.

5. Tips

Wind-chill colds in pregnant women generally occur in cold seasons, such as early spring, winter or late autumn. They are mainly caused by cold evil from the outside invading the body. Therefore, Pregnant women should pay special attention to keeping warm and take adequate measures to keep warm.

6. Dietary therapy to relieve mild colds

1. Ginger and radish soup: 25 grams of ginger, 50 grams of radish slices, add 500 ml of water, cook for 15 minutes, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, Drink it while it's hot.

2. Onion and garlic porridge: Take 10 clean white scallions, chop them, 3 cloves of garlic, 50 grams of rice, add water to cook into porridge, and drink it while it is hot.

3. Radish soup: Wash and slice 150 grams of white radish, add 900 ml of water, fry to 600 ml, add 5 grams of sugar, take one cup while it is hot, and then take another cup half an hour later.

4. Orange peel and ginger tea: 10 grams each of orange peel and ginger, add water to cook, add 10-20 grams of red tang when drinking.

5. Ginger candy drink: 15 grams of ginger slices, 3 white scallions 3 cm long, add 50 grams of water, boil and add red tang.