Ginger soup obtained by soaking ginger in hot water generally has a certain therapeutic effect on cold and cold. But there are many symptoms of colds. Ginger soup can't cure all colds, so it can't be abused in life, otherwise it will have a negative impact on the body or delay the illness.

Ginger has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, stopping vomiting, warming lung and relieving cough, and can be used to treat common cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache, stuffy nose, vomiting, asthma and cough, and fullness and diarrhea. However, dried ginger is pungent and hot, and it has the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, restoring yang and activating collaterals, warming the lungs and dissolving the drink. It is often used to treat epigastric pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and weak pulse, excessive phlegm, asthma and cough.

So cold and cold can be treated with ginger soup. Wind-cold cold is caused by the invasion of wind-cold pathogens and lung qi failure. It often occurs in cold autumn and winter seasons, mainly manifested as chills, mild fever, no sweat, headache and body pain, stuffy nose, white cough, thirst or like hot drinks, thin and white fur and other symptoms. Ginger is pungent and warm in nature, can relieve exterior syndrome by sweating, dispel wind and dispel cold, and has a mild effect, which is suitable for mild wind-cold syndrome. If you catch a cold in winter, drinking a bowl of hot ginger soup or boiling ginger juice with brown sugar will make you sweat slightly, which is really effective in treating colds.

? However, wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat invading the exterior and disharmony between lung and qi, so it is not suitable to treat it with ginger soup. Wind-heat cold mainly manifests as severe fever, head swelling pain, sweating, sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, stuffy nose with yellow nose, thirst, red tongue tip, thin white or yellowish fur and other symptoms. For patients with wind-heat cold, the human body has already felt the heat evil. If we take warm ginger medicine at this time, it's like adding fuel to the fire, which is bound to backfire.

? In order to prevent colds, we should strengthen exercise, drink more boiled water, keep warm and cool down, and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. A cold should be treated as soon as possible.