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

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 feet, and the feet should be red after soaking feet to prevent colds.

Eat green onions raw.

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

Saline mouthwash

Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning and evening and after meals to remove oral germs. When the flu is prevalent, you should pay more attention to gargling with salt water. At this time, it is best to rinse your mouth with salt water and fully rinse your throat.

Cold water bath surface

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

Massage nasal groove

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

Stick onions in your nose.

What about nasal congestion after a cold? When sleeping, you can put a fresh onion strip in each nostril and take it out after 3 hours, usually once. If not, you can plug it in the next day. It is worth reminding: first of all, the onion strips should be thicker and thinner. First, the drug intensity is small; Second, it is easy to inhale deep into the 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 around the onion strips.

Rub yourself with white wine.

Soak copper coins, coins and other smooth hard objects in Chinese liquor, gently scrape the chest, curved pool and lower limbs until the skin is red and hot, then drink a bowl of hot ginger juice, and sweat like rain after about 15 minutes. After sweating, the whole body is relaxed and comfortable. Pay attention to avoid the cold at this time, and the cold will soon get better.

Boiled ginger with cola

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

Breathing steam

When you catch 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 gets cold. Several times a day can relieve 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 relieve symptoms and accelerate recovery.

Garlic paste honey

Mix the same amount of garlic paste with honey and take it with boiling water, one tablespoon each time, 4 to 6 times a day, which is effective for treating influenza.

Sesame oil egg

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, once in the morning and once in the 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.

energy

This product is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and has the functions of dispelling cold and sweating, relieving exterior syndrome and expelling wind, and is suitable for people with common cold and common cold. 3 pieces of ginger are commonly used in the people, and the right amount of brown sugar is taken with boiling water, commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea, which will be cured if you drink it often.

Very pale blue.

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

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 catch a cold, they should cook porridge with perilla leaves and rice. Because perilla contains the unique aroma of perilla acetaldehyde, that is, perilla essential oil, which is volatile, perilla porridge should be cooked with 10g perilla leaves and boiled slightly, not for a long time.

honeysuckle

It has the function of clearing away heat, and Chinese medicine is often used to treat wind-heat cold. For example, the Manual of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Guangzhou Army introduced: "Honeysuckle can clear away heat and toxic materials, and treat exogenous fever and cough. Made into herbal tea, it can prevent heatstroke and colds. " In summer, those who have wind-heat cold, fever and sore throat should make tea with honeysuckle and drink it often.

lotus leaf

It is suitable for people with wind-heat cold in summer and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" said: "Lotus leaves are the first to be cool and hot." "Continuation of Materia Medica" also said: "Cool and relieve summer heat, quench thirst and produce fluid, relieve summer heat." Therefore, in the hot summer, it is most appropriate to use lotus leaves instead of tea to decoct water and drink it regularly to prevent and treat summer colds.

cast

It is cool in nature and pungent in taste, and it has the functions of dispelling wind and dissipating heat and relieving sore throat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mint, which is pungent and can disperse, is cool and clear, and specializes in expelling wind and heat." It is suitable for people with wind-heat cold, headache, red eyes and sore throat to make tea.

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. It is especially suitable for drinking in hot summer, and has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, detoxicating and dispelling summer heat.

Fermented soybean

This product is mild in nature, and can eliminate 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 and pungent in taste, suitable for people with cold and cold. People like to steam cooked food with 30g coriander and 30g caramel, and half a bowl of rice soup.

Chrysanthemum brain

Nanjing is often used as a good summer vegetable in Jiangsu. It is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispelling summer heat and reducing fire, and clearing the head. It is most suitable for people who have a cold, fever, dry mouth, sore throat and red eyes in summer.

Chinese olive

Also known as olives. It has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for patients with wind-heat cold accompanied by sore throat. Folklore uses 3~5 fresh olives, split, fresh radish half to 1 piece (red and white), boiled water instead of tea. The ancients praised it as "Qinglong Baihu Decoction", which has a therapeutic effect on sore throat caused by wind and fire.

sweet potato

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

water chestnut

Suitable for people with wind-heat cold, cough, yellow phlegm, sore throat, dry mouth and thirst. Has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst, and can be eaten raw, cooked or juiced for drinking. If you use jellyfish skin to decoct, the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough is better.

pear

Cool and sweet, it can produce fluid, clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Suitable for wind-heat cold, fever, thirst, cough and Huangshi, and can be eaten at will. People who are used to wind-heat, cold and cough should use 1 raw pears, wash and chop them up, and then stew them with rock sugar.

Small carrot

It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for patients with cough and excessive phlegm caused by wind-heat cold. Folk radish (preferably carrot) is washed, peeled, sliced, put into a bowl, put 2~3 spoonfuls of maltose, and left overnight, which has a good effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

pepper

Great pungent heat, pungent energy dispersing, heat energy dispersing cold, so it has the effect of dispersing cold and sweating, especially suitable for people who have a cold and no sweat. Therefore, it is pointed out in the "Test of Medicinal Properties": "Warming the middle and dispelling cold, expelling wind and sweating." It is advisable to eat raw and cold food, and avoid eating cold.

mung bean

People who have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat have a wind-heat cold in hot summer, which is the best. "Herbal Yan Hui" said: "Mung beans can clear away heat and summer heat, moisten dryness, clear away heat and detoxify." Folk also often use mung bean soup to treat colds on hot days.

watermelon

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it has the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and is suitable for people with wind-heat colds in summer. "Daily Materia Medica" points out that watermelon can "clear away heat and quench thirst". Herbal medicine in southern Yunnan says it can "treat all fevers". People with wind-heat colds should eat properly when they have fever, dry mouth and sore throat.

sugarcane

Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it can clear away heat and produce fluid. People with wind-heat and cold should eat when they have a fever, dry mouth and cough. According to the diet spectrum of interesting life, sugarcane also has the function of "benefiting the throat". Wind-heat cold and sore throat can also clear fire and benefit throat.

Panghaizi

It tastes cool, sweet and light, and 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, can shed fur, and wind and evil are shut out, regardless of cold and heat." 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 Herbal Collection holds that Siraitia grosvenorii can "regulate phlegm-fire and relieve cough". The Records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine says "relieving cough and clearing heat". So it is only suitable for wind-heat colds, not for people with wind-cold colds.

garlic

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it can prevent and treat colds regardless of wind-cold or wind-heat. "Convenient prescription for eating traditional Chinese medicine" introduces: "Cold, headache and stuffy nose, aversion to cold and fever: garlic, onion, ginger, etc., warm soup and sweat." "Herbal Supplement" pointed out that "garlic is hot and scattered, and it is mostly used in Xia Yue." Compendium of Materia Medica also says: "Summer food can relieve summer heat". Therefore, people who have a cold should eat it.

kidney bean

It is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and has the function of clearing heat and drying dampness. People who catch a cold in summer are the best. Chinese medicine believes that summer heat and dampness, especially the long rainy season in summer, are the most likely to cause summer heat and dampness, fever, lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea. It is advisable to cook with lentils or flat tofu pudding.

reed rhizome

That is, reed root is cold and sweet, and has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, quenching thirst and resolving phlegm. People who catch a cold due to wind and heat in summer are the best. According to the theory of medicinal properties, Phragmites communis can "relieve heat" and "Rihuazi Materia Medica" also says: "Treat cold and heat and get sick." Summer wind-heat cold, high fever and thirst, cough up yellow phlegm, eating is beneficial. "Convenient Prescription for Eating Traditional Chinese Medicine" also introduces: "To prevent influenza: reed root 30g, fresh radish 120g, onion 7, green olive 7, and boiled soup instead of tea."

wax gourd

It is a summer melon and vegetable, cool in nature and sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Herbal Rejuvenation says it "relieves summer heat". "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" also thinks that wax gourd can "relieve summer heat and eliminate dampness". Therefore, people suffering from wind, heat, cold and fever in summer should eat it properly.

loofah

Cool, sweet, can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Suitable for people with fever, polydipsia, excessive phlegm, asthma and cough. "Lu Chuan Ben Cao" records: Luffa "produces saliva to quench thirst, and relieves summer heat and 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 treatment principle of "cold is heat, heat is cold, deficiency is tonic, but actually diarrhea" in traditional Chinese medicine, everyone suffering from wind-cold cold should eat warm or flat food, such as vinegar, pepper, cinnamon, rice porridge, Amomum villosum, kumquat, lemon, bergamot, onion, pumpkin, green vegetables, adzuki beans, soybean sprouts, yam and so on. People with wind-heat type colds should also eat cold things, such as apples, persimmon cream, loquat, oranges, kiwi fruit, strawberries, figs, celery, water celery, amaranth, spinach, day lily, lettuce, wolfberry head, tofu, gluten, roe, sweet potato, cucumber and Malantou.