Cold Buffet

Although we cannot conquer colds, we still have ways to prevent and relieve symptoms. As another cold season approaches, some methods to deal with colds You can try any method.

Soak your feet in hot water

Soak your feet in warmer water (until the temperature is unbearable) for 15 minutes every night. Pay attention to the amount of water covering the tops of your feet when soaking your feet. Your feet should be red after soaking to prevent colds.

Eating green onions raw

When eating raw green onions, you can heat the oil and pour it on the shredded green onions, and then eat it cold with tofu and other vegetables. It is not only delicious, but also can prevent colds. .

Rinse your mouth with salt water

Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning and evening and after meals to remove oral bacteria. When influenza is prevalent, you should pay more attention to gargling with salt water. At this time, gargling with your head tilted up will have a better effect of fully rinsing the throat with salt water.

Cold water bath

Use cold water when washing your face every day. Use a handful of water to wash your nostrils, that is, gently inhale a little water through your nostrils (be careful not to inhale too deeply to avoid choking) Blow it out again and repeat several times.

Massage the nasal groove

Rub your hands together, heat the palms and massage the Yingxiang point (located in the nasal groove, horizontally at the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose) more than ten times to prevent colds and Relieve symptoms of nasal congestion after a cold.

Put green onion in nose

What should I do if my nose is stuffy after a cold? You can stuff a fresh green onion strip into each nostril while sleeping and take it out after 3 hours. It can usually be cured in one session. If that doesn't work, plug it again the next day. It is worth reminding that: first of all, the green onion strips should be thicker and thinner. First, the medicinal power is small; second, it is easy to be inhaled into the deep nasal cavity and difficult to take out; secondly, if the patient's nasal cavity is allergic to fresh onions, you can wrap the outside of the green onion strips. Apply a thin layer of cotton wool.

Brush yourself with white wine

Dip copper coins, coins and other smooth and hard objects in white wine, and gently scrape the front and back chest, Quchi and lower limbs until the skin becomes red and hot, and then drink it. A bowl of hot ginger syrup made me sweat profusely after about 15 minutes. After sweating, the whole body will feel relaxed and comfortable. At this time, be careful to avoid wind and cold, and the cold will be cured quickly.

Coca-Cola boiled ginger

20 to 30 grams of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, put into a large bottle of Coca-Cola, boil in an aluminum pot, cool slightly and drink while hot. Effective in preventing and treating influenza.

Breathe steam

When you first catch a cold, pour boiling water into a cup and take deep breaths against the hot air until the water in the cup cools down. Several times a day can relieve symptoms of nasal congestion.

Blowing hot air on face

When a cold starts, you can use a hair dryer to blow hot air on your temples for 3 to 5 minutes, several times a day, which can reduce symptoms and speed up recovery.

Garlic honey

Mix equal parts of garlic and honey and take it with boiled water, one tablespoon each time, 4 to 6 times a day, which is effective in treating influenza.

Sesame oil mixed with eggs

Heat one or two sesame oil and beat in one fresh egg, then pour it into boiling water and mix well, then drink it while it is hot, take it once in the morning and evening, 2 to 3 times Tianfei can cure cough after a cold.

Anyone who has a cold should distinguish between wind-cold cold or wind-heat cold, and the following foods should be chosen accordingly.

Ginger

It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It has the functions of dispersing cold and sweating, relieving surface and dispelling wind, and is suitable for people with colds and colds. Folks often brew 3 slices of ginger, an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and boiling water. It is commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea. Drinking it frequently will relieve sweating.

Scallion white

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it has the function of regulating body temperature, normalizing the perspiration of sweat glands, and can reduce and prevent the occurrence of colds. Suitable for people with colds and colds. Among the people, when a cold first occurs, scallions, green onions and black beans are often decoctioned in water. You can also use 2 to 3 stalks of chives and 1 piece of ginger decoctioned in water instead of tea. For people who are weak or old and infirm, after catching a cold, it is best to use 3 to 5 green onion stalks, cook them with rice to make thin porridge, and eat them frequently.

Perilla

It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It has sweating, cold dispersing and antipyretic effects. It is suitable for people with colds and colds.

If a person with qi deficiency suffers from colds and colds, it is advisable to cook perilla leaves and rice into gruel for consumption. Since the unique aroma contained in perilla is perilla acetaldehyde, which is perilla essential oil, it is easy to volatilize. Therefore, when cooking perilla porridge, it is recommended to add 10 grams of perilla leaves when the porridge is almost cooked. It can be boiled slightly, but not for a long time. cook.

Honeysuckle

It has a heat-clearing effect and is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat wind-heat and colds. For example, the "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual" of the Guangzhou Army states: "Honeysuckle clears away heat and detoxifies, and treats exogenous fever and cough. Made into herbal tea, it can prevent heatstroke and colds." Those who suffer from summer wind-heat colds, fever and sore throat should use honeysuckle to make tea and drink it frequently.

Lotus leaf

It is suitable for people suffering from wind-heat and cold in summer. It has the effect of clearing away heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "The lotus leaf clears the wind and heat of the head." "New Materia Medica" also says: "It is cool and relieves heat, quenches thirst, promotes fluid production, and relieves fire heat." Therefore, in the hot summer season, use lotus leaves to boil water instead of tea. , drink it frequently, which is most suitable for preventing and treating summer colds.

Mint

Cold in nature and pungent in taste, it has the functions of repelling wind, dissipating heat and soothing the throat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mint has pungent properties and cooling properties, and is good at dissipating wind and heat." It is suitable for people with wind-heat colds, headaches, red eyes, and sore throats to make tea and drink.

White chrysanthemum

For those suffering from wind-heat and cold, it is advisable to use 5 grams of white chrysanthemum and brew it with boiling water instead of tea. It is especially suitable for drinking in hot summer. It has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, detoxifying and dispelling heat.

Tempeh

It has a neutral nature and can dispel external evils. Folks often use tempeh together with scallions, or decoct it in soup, or cook it as porridge, whether it is used to treat wind-cold colds or wind-heat colds. Suitable for all, it has the effect of producing sweat and reducing fever.

Coriander

It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It is suitable for people with colds and colds. Folks like to use 30 grams each of coriander and maltose, add half a bowl of rice soup, steam it and eat it.

Chrysanthemum brain

It is often used as a summer vegetable in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood, dispelling heat, reducing fire, and clearing away headaches. It is most suitable for people with summer wind-heat colds, fever, dry mouth, sore throat, bitter mouth, headache, and red eyes.

Olive

Also known as green fruit. It has the effects of clearing the lungs, soothing the throat and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for people with wind-heat cold and sore throat. Folk custom is to use 3 to 5 fresh olives, split them, and half to 1 fresh radish (either red or white skinned), cut into pieces, and boil water instead of tea. The ancients praised it as "Qinglong Baihu Decoction", which has a therapeutic effect on wind-fire sore throat and throat redness and swelling.

Sweet potatoes

Can produce fluid and quench thirst, and can be eaten raw or cooked. "Lu Chuan Materia Medica" records: "Producing body fluids to quench thirst, and cure thirst in febrile diseases." It is suitable for consumption when suffering from wind-heat cold, fever, dry mouth, headache and polydipsia.

Water chestnuts

It is suitable for people with wind-heat and cold who have cough and yellow phlegm, sore throat, dry mouth and thirst. It has the effects of clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and quenching thirst. It can be eaten raw, cooked, or juiced for drinking. If you decoct it with jellyfish skin and drink it, it will have a better effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Pear

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it can produce fluid, clear away heat and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for consumption due to wind-heat, cold, fever, dry mouth and thirst, and cough with yellow phlegm. Folk custom is used for people with wind-heat, cold and cough, to use 1 raw pear, wash it and chop it into pieces, add rock sugar to stew it in water and take it.

Radish

It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It is especially suitable for those who have a cough with excessive phlegm caused by wind-heat and cold. Folks use radish (red-skinned spicy radish is better), wash it, do not peel it, cut it into thin slices, put it in a bowl, put 2 to 3 spoons of malt sugar on it, leave it aside overnight, and then the radish sugar water will dissolve. Drink it frequently. It has a good effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Chili pepper

It is pungent and very hot. The pungent energy can dissipate and the heat can dispel cold. Therefore, it has the effect of dispersing cold and causing sweating. This is especially suitable for those with cold, wind and cold, aversion to cold and no sweating. Therefore, the "Research on the Properties of Medicine" points out: "Warming the body and dispersing cold, eliminating wind and causing sweating." It is advisable to eat it if you have a cold due to wind-cold, but it should not be taken if you have a cold due to wind-heat.

Mung beans

It has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. It is best eaten by people suffering from wind-heat and cold in the hot summer. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Mung beans can clear away summer heat, calm irritability and heat, moisten dryness and heat, and detoxify heat.

"Mung bean soup is also commonly used among the people to treat colds on hot days.

Watermelon

Cold in nature, sweet in taste, it has the function of clearing away heat and relieving heat. People with wind-heat and colds in summer should eat it. "Japanese "Yunnan Materia Medica" points out that watermelon can "clear away heat and relieve polydip". "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says that it can "treat all fevers" and is suitable for people with fever, dry mouth and sore throat.

Sugar cane

It is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat and promote body fluids. People with wind-heat and cold should eat it when they have fever, dry mouth and cough. Sugarcane also has the effect of "throat soothing". For those who suffer from wind-heat, cold and throat pain, eating it can also clear away fire and soothe the throat.

Pangdahai

It is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat and soothe the throat. Zhang Shouyi, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, believed: "Pang Dahai is good at opening up the lung qi, and can relieve the fur, wind evil and external obstruction, regardless of whether it is cold or heat. "Because of its cool nature, it is suitable for people with wind-heat and colds.

Luo Han Guo

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it can relieve fever, clear the lungs and relieve cough. Therefore, it is suitable for people with wind-heat and colds. , people with fever and cough should eat it. "Lingnan Medicine Collection" believes that Luo Han Guo can "relieve phlegm and cough". "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine" says that it can "relieve cough and clear away heat", so it is only suitable for people with wind-heat and cold, not those with wind-cold.

Garlic

It is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and has the effect of preventing and treating colds. It is suitable for people with colds or colds due to wind-heat. According to "Food, Chinese Medicine and Recipes": "Colds. Headache, stuffy nose, aversion to cold and fever: take appropriate amounts of garlic, scallion, and ginger in equal amounts, decoct the soup and take it warmly, and the symptoms will be relieved by sweating. "The Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica" points out: "Garlic is good at dispersing heat and is mostly used in the summer months." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "The summer lunar eclipse can relieve heat". Therefore, anyone with a cold should eat it.

Lentils

Plain in nature, sweet in taste, and clear in taste. The effect of summer heat dampness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer heat brings dampness, especially during the long summer rainy season, which is most likely to cause fever, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea. etc., it is better to use lentils for cooking, or lentil flowers can also be used.

Reed root

It is the rhizome of reed, which is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst. It has the effect of resolving phlegm. It is best to eat it for people with wind-heat and cold in summer. "Regulations on Medical Properties" believes that reed root "can relieve severe fever" and "Rihuazi Materia Medica" also says: "Cure cold and fever." "When you have a cold due to wind-heat in summer, high fever, thirst, and coughing up yellow phlegm, eating it is of great benefit. "Food, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Recipes" also introduces: "Prevention of influenza: 30 grams of reed root, 120 grams of fresh radish, white scallions. 7, 7 green olives, make soup instead of tea. ”

Winter melon

is a summer vegetable with a cool nature and a sweet taste. It can clear away heat and dispel summer heat. It is said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that it "relieves summer heat and transforms heat". "Sui "Xiju Diet Manual" also believes that winter melon can "relieve summer heat and dampness". Therefore, it is suitable for those who suffer from wind-heat and cold in summer.

Luffa

It is cool in nature and sweet in taste. , can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for those suffering from fever, excessive thirst, phlegm, asthma and cough. "Lu Chuan Materia Medica" records: Luffa "produces body fluids and quenches thirst, relieves heat and relieves troubles." Cure fever, thirst, body heat and irritability. "Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with wind-heat and cold in summer who have fever, dry mouth and cough.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, "Cold is treated with heat, hot is treated with cold, deficiency is supplemented, and excess is purged." The principle of treatment is that people with colds and colds should eat warm or neutral foods, such as vinegar, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, rice porridge, amomum villosum, kumquats, lemons, bergamot, onions, pumpkins, vegetables, adzuki beans, Bean sprouts, cowpeas, apricots, peaches, cherries, hawthorns, etc.; cold items that are suitable for people with wind-heat colds, such as apples, persimmon frost, loquats, tangerines, oranges, kiwis, strawberries, figs, celery, Cress, water spinach, amaranth, spinach, daylily, lettuce, wolfberry head, tofu, gluten, gourd, sweet potato, cucumber, malan head, vegetable melon, mung bean sprouts, persimmon, banana, bitter melon, tomato, etc.