Although we can't subdue the cold, we still have ways to prevent and relieve the symptoms. When another cold-prone season comes, you can try some ways to deal with the cold.

Hot water soaking feet

Soak your feet with hot water every night (the temperature is unbearable) 15 minutes. Pay attention to the fact that the amount of water should not exceed the foot surface when soaking your feet, and your feet should be red after soaking, so as to prevent colds.

Eat green onions raw.

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

Saline gargle

Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning and evening and after meals to remove oral germs. When the flu is prevalent, we should pay more attention to gargling with salt water. At this time, it is better to gargle with salt water to fully flush the pharynx.

Cold water bath surface

Wash your face with cold water every day, and wash your nostrils with a handful of hands, that is, gently inhale a little water through your nostrils (be careful not to inhale too deeply to avoid choking) and then blow it out, repeatedly.

Massage nasal groove

Rub your hands together and massage Yingxiang point (located in the nasal groove and at the midpoint of the outer edge of the horizontal nose) for more than ten times after the palm is hot, which can prevent colds and relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion after colds.

Stick onions in your nose

What should I do if my nose is stuffy after a cold? You can put a fresh onion strip in each nostril when you sleep, and take it out after 3 hours, usually once. If not, you can plug it again the next day. It is worth reminding that: first of all, the onion strips should be thicker and thinner. First, the drug strength is small; Second, it is easy to inhale into the deep nasal cavity and not easy to take out; Secondly, if the patient's nasal cavity is allergic to fresh onions, a thin layer of cotton wool can be wrapped outside the onion strips.

White wine rubs the body.

Dip copper coins, coins and other smooth hard objects in white wine, gently scrape the front and back chest, curved pool and lower limbs, until the skin is red and hot, then drink a bowl of hot ginger syrup, and sweat profusely after about 15 minutes. After sweating, the whole body is relaxed and comfortable. At this time, pay attention to avoid cold, and the cold will soon recover.

Boiled ginger with cola

20-30g fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, put into a big bottle of Coca-Cola, boiled in aluminum pot, cooled and drunk while it is hot, which has a good effect in preventing and treating influenza.

Breathing steam

When you have a cold for the first time, pour boiling water into the cup and take a deep breath into the hot air until the water in the cup is cold, several times a day, which can alleviate the symptoms of nasal congestion.

Hot air blowing surface

At the beginning of a cold, you can use a hair dryer to blow hot air at the temple for 3 to 5 minutes, several times a day, which can reduce symptoms and accelerate recovery.

Garlic paste honey

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

Eggs with sesame oil

Heat one or two sesame oils, add a fresh egg, then rush into boiling water and stir well, then drink it while it is hot, and take it once in the morning and evening, and the cough after a cold can be cured in 2 to 3 days.

Anyone who has a cold should distinguish between wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold, and choose the following foods respectively.

ginger

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it has the functions of dispelling cold and sweating, relieving exterior syndrome and expelling wind, and is suitable for people with cold and common cold. Folk often use 3 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar, boiled water, commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea, which will be cured after frequent drinking.

very light blue

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it can regulate body temperature, make sweat glands sweat normally, and reduce and prevent colds. Suitable for people with wind-cold type colds. In the folk, when you have a cold for the first time, you often drink scallion with scallion and lobster sauce. You can also use 2~3 stems of shallots and ginger 1 slices to decoct water instead of tea. People who are weak or old and infirm, after catching a cold and catching a cold, are most suitable to cook 3~5 stems of scallion with rice into thin porridge and eat it frequently.

purple perilla

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it has the functions of sweating, dispelling cold and reducing fever, and is suitable for people with cold and cold. If people with qi deficiency have a cold, they should use perilla leaves and rice to cook porridge to eat. Because perilla contains unique aroma of perilla acetaldehyde, namely perilla essential oil, which is easy to volatilize, perilla porridge should be cooked by adding perilla leaf10g when the porridge is near maturity, and it can be boiled slightly, so it is not advisable to cook for a long time.

honeysuckle

It has the function of clearing away heat, and is often used by Chinese medicine to treat wind-heat cold. For example, Guangzhou Army's Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines introduced: "Honeysuckle can clear away heat and detoxify, and treat exogenous fever and cough. Made into herbal tea, it can prevent heatstroke and cold. " Anyone with wind-heat cold, fever and sore throat in summer should make tea with honeysuckle and drink it frequently.

lotus leaf

Suitable for people with wind-heat cold in summer, it has the effect of clearing away summer heat. "southern Yunnan materia medica" says: "lotus leaves clear the wind and heat of the leader." "Materia Medica Renews" also says: "Cool and relieve summer heat, quench thirst and produce fluid, and relieve heat." Therefore, in the hot summer season, it is most suitable to use lotus leaf decoction instead of tea and drink it frequently to prevent and treat summer heat and cold.

mint

It is cool and pungent, and has the functions of dispelling wind, dissipating heat and benefiting the throat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Mint, pungent can disperse, cool can clear benefits, specializing in dispelling wind and heat." Suitable for people with wind-heat cold, headache, red eyes and sore throat, make tea to drink.

feverfew

Those who catch a cold due to wind-heat should use 5 grams of white chrysanthemum, brewed with boiling water, and drink tea instead. Especially suitable for drinking in hot summer, it has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, detoxifying and dispelling summer heat.

fermented soya beans

With a flat nature, it can dispel exterior evils. People often use lobster sauce with scallion, or decoct soup or cook porridge, which is suitable for both wind-cold and wind-heat colds, and has the effect of sweating and reducing fever.

coriander

Warm in nature, pungent in taste, and suitable for people with cold and cold. People like to use 30g of coriander and 30g of caramel, and half a bowl of rice soup for steaming cooked food.

Chrysanthemum brain

It is often used as a good summer vegetable in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Cool in nature and sweet in taste, it has the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood, dispelling summer heat, reducing fire and clearing the head. It is most suitable for people with wind-heat cold, fever, dry mouth, sore throat and red eyes in summer to cook soup.

Chinese olive

Also known as olive. It has the functions of clearing away lung-heat, benefiting throat and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for patients with wind-heat cold complicated with sore throat. Folk customs use 3~5 fresh olives, split them, and cut half of fresh radishes (red or white) to 1 piece, and boil water instead of tea. The ancients praised it as "Qinglong Baihu Decoction", which has quite a therapeutic effect on wind-fire sore throat and swelling between throats.

sweet potato

It can produce fluid to quench thirst, and can be used for cooking or spitting. "Luchuan Materia Medica" records: "Produce body fluid to quench thirst, cure fever and thirst." Suitable for wind-heat cold, fever, dry mouth, headache and polydipsia.

water chestnut

Suitable for people with wind-heat cold who cough with yellow phlegm, sore throat, dry mouth and thirst. It has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst, and can be eaten raw, cooked or juiced for drinking. If it is decocted with jellyfish skin, its expectorant and antitussive effects are better.

pear

Cool in nature and sweet in taste, it can promote fluid production, clear away heat and eliminate phlegm. It is suitable for wind-heat cold, fever, thirst, cough and Huang Shi, and can be eaten at will. Folks are used to using raw pears 1 piece, cleaning and chopping the skin, and adding rock sugar to stew with water.

radish

It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for those with excessive cough and phlegm caused by wind-heat cold. Folk radish (red radish is better) is washed, peeled, cut into thin slices, put in a bowl, put 2~3 spoonfuls of maltose on it, and put aside for one night, that is, there is dissolved radish syrup, which has a good effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

pepper

Great pungent is hot, pungent can disperse, and thermal energy can dispel cold, so it has the function of dispelling cold and sweating, which is especially suitable for those who have a cold and no sweat. Therefore, it is pointed out in the "Test of Medicinal Properties": "Warming the middle and dispelling cold, eliminating wind and sweating." It is appropriate to eat cold and cold, but it is forbidden to take cold and wind.

mung bean

People who have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and have a wind-heat cold in hot summer, are the best to eat. "Materia Medica Huiyan" says: "Mung beans can clear away summer heat, calm down heat, moisten dry heat and detoxify heat." Folk also often use mung bean soup to treat colds in hot days.

watermelon

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it has the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and it is suitable for people with wind-heat colds in summer. "Daily Materia Medica" points out that watermelon can "clear summer heat and relieve polydipsia". Herbal Medicine in Southern Yunnan says that it can "cure all heat diseases". When people with wind-heat cold have fever, dry mouth and sore throat, they should eat properly.

sugarcane

Cold in nature, sweet in taste, can clear away heat and produce fluid. People with wind-heat cold should eat it when they have fever, dry mouth and cough. According to the Diet Spectrum of Living with Interest, sugarcane also has the function of "benefiting the throat". Those who suffer from wind-heat cold and sore throat can also clear the fire and benefit the throat.

seed of boat-fruited sterculia

Cool, sweet and light, can clear away heat and relieve sore throat. Zhang Shouyi, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said: "Boat-fruited Sterculia is good at spreading lung qi and letting loose fur. common cold is closed to the outside world, regardless of whether it is cold or hot, and it is the master." Because of its cool nature, it is appropriate to catch a cold due to wind and heat.

momordica grosvenori

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it can relieve fever, clear lung heat and relieve cough. Therefore, people with wind-heat cold, fever and cough should eat it. Lingnan Herb Collection Record holds that Siraitia grosvenorii can "regulate phlegm-fire and cough". The Annals of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine says that it "relieves cough and clears heat". Therefore, it is only suitable for wind-heat colds, but not for people with wind-cold colds.

garlic

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it has the function of preventing and treating colds, regardless of wind-cold or wind-heat colds. "Food Traditional Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescription" introduces: "Cold, headache and stuffy nose, aversion to cold and fever: garlic, scallion and ginger are in equal parts, and the soup is taken warm and sweaty." It is pointed out in the Supplement to Materia Medica that "garlic is hot and scattered, and it is mostly used in summer months." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "Summer eclipse can relieve summer heat". Therefore, anyone who has a cold should eat it.

kidney bean

It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the function of clearing away summer heat and eliminating dampness. People who catch a cold in summer are best to eat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer heat is full of dampness, especially in the long summer rainy season, which is most likely to cause summer-dampness cold, fever, drowsiness, vomiting and diarrhea, etc. It is advisable to cook with lentils or use flat bean flowers.

reed rhizome

That is, the rhizome of reed, cold in nature and sweet in taste, has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst and resolving phlegm. In summer, people who catch a cold due to wind and heat should eat it best. The theory of medicinal properties holds that reed root "can solve great heat" "Rihuazi Materia Medica" also says: "When treating cold and heat, the disease is boring." When you have a summer wind-heat cold, high fever and thirst, and cough up yellow phlegm, eating it is beneficial. "Food Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescription" also introduces: "To prevent influenza: 30g of reed rhizome, 20g of fresh radish/kloc-0, 7g of scallion, 7g of green olives, and cooking soup instead of tea."

wax gourd

It is a summer melon and vegetable, cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and can clear away heat and summer heat. "Materia Medica Rejuvenation" says that it "relieves summer heat". "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum" also thinks that wax gourd can "relieve summer heat and dampness". Therefore, people who suffer from wind-heat cold and fever in summer should eat it properly.

loofah

Cool in nature and sweet in taste, it can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for people with fever, polydipsia, phlegm, asthma and cough. "Lu Chuan Materia Medica" records: Luffa "produces body fluid to quench thirst, relieves summer heat and relieves annoyance. Treat fever, thirst, body heat and irritability. " Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with wind-heat cold who have fever, dry mouth and expectoration in summer.

According to the therapeutic principle of Chinese medicine, "the cold is hot, the heat is cold, the deficiency is tonic, and the excess is diarrhea", all people with cold and cold should eat warm or flat foods, such as vinegar, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, rice porridge, Amomum villosum, kumquat, lemon, bergamot, onion, pumpkin, green vegetables, adzuki beans, yellow sprouts, and yam. Cold and cool things that people with wind-heat type colds should also eat, such as apples, persimmon cream, loquat, oranges, kiwis, strawberries, figs, celery, water dropwort, amaranth, spinach, day lily, lettuce, wolfberry head, tofu, gluten, roe, sweet potato, cucumber and Malantou.