Tips for treating colds

1. Hot towel compress method: If you have a cold at the beginning and have a runny nose, you can put a clean towel into a basin of boiling water, take it out to cool slightly and apply it on For the top of the head, it is generally best to apply hot compress for 10 minutes before going to bed at night.

2. Steam inhalation method: Fill a thermos with boiling water, place your nostrils above the thermos, breathe deeply for 10-15 minutes, and inhale the steam once a day.

3. Vinegar fumigation method: Take 200-400 ml of vinegar, place it on the stove, close the doors and windows, and fumigate for half an hour to 1 hour, which can effectively prevent and treat colds.

4. Ginger tea therapy: Take appropriate amounts of ginger and tea leaves, make tea or soup. Taking it for 3 days can reduce cold symptoms and shorten the course of the disease. If brown sugar is added, the effect will be better.

5. Hot air blowing method: Aim the hair dryer at the temples on both sides, blow alternately for 3-5 minutes, 3 times a day, which can quickly relieve symptoms such as runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, and headache.

6. 30 grams each of white radish, cabbage root, and green onion. Decoction instead of tea.

7. 30 grams of Daqingye. Decoction instead of tea.

8. 3 slices of ginger, 3 green onions, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Decoction in water and take after sweating.

9. 50 grams of mung beans, 5 scallions, and 5 slices of ginger. Decoction in water and take after sweating.

10. 6 grams of ginger, 12 grams of scallions, and 9 grams of coriander. Decoction in water and take after sweating.

11. 9 grams of Guanzhong and 6 grams of licorice. Decoction in water and take after sweating.

12. 10 grams each of perilla and schizonepeta, and 30 grams of fresh reed root. Decoction in water and take after sweating.

13. Appropriate amounts of radish and green onion. Slice the radish, cut the scallion into white sections, add water to boil and take it while it's hot, sweating.

14. Mint porridge treatment: Cold patients who have symptoms such as severe fever, mild aversion to cold, runny nose, dry throat and mouth, belong to wind-heat colds and can be treated with mint porridge. The method is: chop 15 grams of fresh mint, add 100 ml of water and mash it, and use gauze to extract the juice. Put 50 grams of japonica rice in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water to cook the porridge. After the porridge is ready, add an appropriate amount of mint juice and white sugar, and then boil. Mix thoroughly and eat. 2 times a day, 1 bowl each time. The illness ends as soon as it recovers.

15. Treat colds secondary to chronic bronchitis: 4.5 grams of pure ephedra, 9 grams of almonds, 24 grams of raw gypsum (fried first), 3 grams of licorice, 9 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula, cooked monkshood and perilla. , 30 grams each of Kaijinsuo and Houttuynia cordata, 12 grams of Fangji, and 18 grams of Zegen. Decoction in water. This prescription is mainly used to treat colds secondary to chronic bronchitis.

16. Mild cases of colds and colds and physical weakness in the elderly: 2 scallions, 30 grams of brown sugar, and 15 grams of ginger. Cut scallions and ginger into small pieces, add appropriate amount of water to a pot and simmer for 10 minutes, then add brown sugar, drink while it is hot, and then go to bed to soak up the sweat. Take 2 times a day until the disease recovers. This prescription is suitable for people with mild colds and colds and elderly people with physical weakness. Generally, they will recover immediately after taking the medicine and sweating. A few need to take it 3-4 times.

17. Cold and cold: 15 grams of mung beans, 3 slices of ginger, 1 scallion, 30 grams of radish slices, and 4 jujubes. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until the mung beans bloom and ripen. Take it while it is hot to induce sweating and cure. This recipe is suitable for colds and colds.

18. Early treatment for influenza: 12 grams of kudzu root, 3 grams each of perilla seeds, almonds, peony, and Ligusticum chuanxiong, and 2 grams each of dried ginger and licorice. Add water and boil twice, mix the concoction and drink it three times a day. This prescription has a better effect on the initial stage of influenza.

19. 30 grams each of perilla leaves and ginger, and 15 grams of brown sugar. Wash and chop the first two, put them into a cup, add 200-300 ml of boiling water, cover and soak for 10-15 minutes, then add brown sugar, mix well, and drink while hot. It is mainly used to treat colds, headaches, fevers accompanied by nausea and vomiting and asthma, and also to treat fish and shrimp poisoning with the above symptoms.

20. 50 grams of mung beans, 15 grams of rock sugar, and 30 grams of green tea. Mash the mung beans, add rock sugar and green tea leaves, add boiling water, soak for 15 minutes and then drink the soup instead of tea. This recipe is effective in preventing and treating colds.

21. Prevent and treat influenza. Take an appropriate amount of radish, onion, ginger slices, and brown sugar (depending on the number of people drinking). Add an appropriate amount of water to boil, and drink once in the morning and evening. If the patient does not have a fever, add an appropriate amount of liquor to the drink. This can prevent and treat influenza.

22. Mix one part of ordinary household vinegar with two parts of cold boiled water, and put it into a clean bottle for later use. At the beginning of a cold, dip a sanitary napkin ball in vinegar into your nostrils, twist it in your nostrils or inhale through your nose.

(Several consecutive sneezes may occur at this time)

23. On the day of the cold, take a bottle of ten drops of water and drink it with boiling water to induce slight sweating all over the body. Take 1-2 Buzhong Yiqi Pills the next day. (Take 1 pill each time). (Especially suitable for the elderly, has little effect on influenza)

24. Soda solution can be used to prevent and treat influenza. Influenza patients can recover in 2-3 days after instilling soda solution into the nose. Instill 2-3 drops into the nose every 3 hours. (Preparation of soda solution: 6 grams of soda and 100 ml of cold water)

25. When washing your face every night, rub your ears with a towel dipped in hot water, and gently rub your auricles up and down 40 times to prevent and treat ear infections. cold.

26. 90 grams of glutinous rice, 5-7 scallions, 5-7 slices of ginger, add an appropriate amount of water and cook over low heat. After cooking, add 100 ml of rice vinegar and mix well, then take out the green onion and ginger, take it while it is hot, lie down covered with quilt, and sweat slightly, it will have better curative effect.

27. 15 grams each of green onion and ginger, 3 grams of salt. Mash the *** into a paste, put it in a gauze bag, and apply it on the following ten places: chest, back, soles of left and right feet, palms of left and right hands, left and right elbow fossae, and popliteal fossa of both legs. The chest should be wiped heavily. After wiping, lie down and rest. After half an hour, the fever will subside with sweating. This prescription is mainly used to treat colds and high fever.

28. 9 grams each of mint grass, grass root, and wattle leaves, 10 grams each of Agustiflora agustifolia and Taro root. Decoction in water and take once in the morning and evening.

29. Half a handful of mung beans, 3 pinches of tea leaves, 7 knots of reed roots, 5 pieces of bamboo leaves, 7 knots of millet straw, and a little sugar. Decoction in water.

30. Mash a large handful of raw mung beans and soak them in a large bowl of boiling water. Take it while it's hot and work up a sweat.

31. 1 Chinese cabbage root (peeled upper part), 1 handful of mung beans, 1 pinch of tea leaves, and a little sugar. Decoct in water and take it with a slight sweat after taking it.

32. Take 1 pinch each of tea leaves and brown sugar, put it in a pot and brew with boiling water. After taking it, you will sweat. 33. One Chinese cabbage root (peeled upper part), a handful of mung beans, and 30 grams of reeds. Decoction in water and take once a day for 3 days. This recipe is best used to prevent influenza.

Also:

Recipes for colds

Green onion porridge

Source: "Jisheng Secret Review"

Ingredients 50 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of green onion and white sugar

Preparation method: Boil the japonica rice first. When the rice is about to be cooked, add 2 to 3 stalks of scallion and white sugar.

Usage: 1 time per day. Take it hot and take it lightly.

Efficacy: Relieves the exterior and dispels cold, harmonizes the stomach and nourishes the heart. Suitable for colds and colds.

Xiangzhi Drink

Source: "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription"

Ingredients: 10 grams of Xiangzhi, 5 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 5 grams of white lentils (or add appropriate amount of sugar) )

Preparation method: Cut into pieces the rhizome and Magnolia officinalis, fry and pound the white lentils, put them into a thermos cup, brew with boiling water, cover tightly and soak for 1 hour.

Usage: Drink frequently instead of tea.

Effects: Relieves exterior heat, strengthens the spleen and removes dampness. It is suitable for summer colds and summer-damp syndrome.

Onion, fermented black beans and yellow rice wine soup

Source: "Meng Shen Fang"

Ingredients: 15 grams of fermented black beans, 30 grams of green onion and 50 grams of yellow rice wine

Prepared Add 1 small bowl of water to French fermented soya bean, fry for 10 minutes, add washed scallions, continue to fry for 5 minutes, finally add rice wine and remove from the pan.

Usage: Take 2 times a day while it is hot.

Efficacy: Relieve the appearance and harmonize the body. Suitable for colds and colds.

Sweet potato and kudzu root decoction

Source folk recipe

Ingredients: 100 grams of fresh sweet potato and 50 grams of kudzu root (dried)

Preparation method: Sweet potato Wash and slice the pueraria lobata together, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer until the residue is removed.

Usage: 1 time per day. Take 1 serving.

Efficacy: It relieves muscles, relieves heat and promotes fluid production. Suitable for influenza.

Ginger candy drink

Source of folk prescription

Ingredients: 15 grams of ginger slices, appropriate amount of scallions, 20 grams of brown sugar

Preparation method: Cut the scallions into pieces Add 3 cm long sections (***3 sections) together with ginger, add 50 grams of water, boil, and add brown sugar.

Usage: Take it once while it is hot, cover it with a quilt and sweat slightly.

Efficacy: Stops vomiting, removes rheumatism, cold and heat, induces sweating to relieve external symptoms, and harmonizes the middle and dispels cold.

Suitable for people with cold, fever, headache, body aches and no sweat

Yinhua Mint Drink

Source of experience recipe

Ingredients: 30 grams of silver flowers, 10 grams of fresh mint 60 grams of reed root

Preparation method: Add 500 grams of water to the silver flowers and reed roots, boil for 15 minutes, then add mint and boil for 3 minutes, filter out the residue, and add an appropriate amount of sugar.

Usage: Take warmly, 3 to 4 times a day.

Efficacy: Clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify. It is suitable for the initial onset of various febrile diseases; it has a significant effect on wind-heat colds with severe fever

Wushen Decoction

Source: "Huizhitang Experience Prescription"

Ingredients: 10 grams each of Nepeta, Perilla leaves and ginger. 6 grams of tea leaves and 30 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation method: Wash the Nepeta and Perilla leaves, put them together with the tea leaves and ginger and bring to a boil over a slow fire. Add brown sugar. Dissolve and serve.

Usage: Take according to the amount.

Efficacy: Sweat and relieve inflammation. Suitable for colds and colds

Rice vinegar radish vegetables

Source and experience recipe

Raw raw radish 250 grams appropriate amount of rice vinegar

Preparation method Wash the radish Cut into slices and soak in rice vinegar for several hours.

Usage: Serve as a dish with rice. 1 dose daily.

Efficacy: It is pungent and cool to relieve the appearance, digestion and detoxification. Suitable for influenza

Ginger Sugar Su Ye Drink

Source "Compendium of Materia Medica"

Ingredients: 3 grams each of Su Ye, ginger, and 15 grams brown sugar

Preparation method: Wash the ginger and perilla leaves and cut them into thin strips, put them into a porcelain cup, add brown sugar, brew with boiling water, cover and soak in warm water for 10 minutes.

Usage: Take 2 times a day while it is hot.

Efficacy: Produce sweating to relieve the symptoms, dispel cold and strengthen the stomach. It is suitable for colds and colds; it is more suitable for gastrointestinal colds that suffer from nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, bloating and other symptoms.

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Preparation method: Wash the mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, bitter bamboo leaves, Imperata cognac roots, and mint, put them into a teapot, and soak them in boiling water for 10 minutes.

Usage: Drink as tea at any time.

Efficacy: Pungent and cool to relieve symptoms. Suitable for wind-heat and colds

Hangju sugar tea

Original folk prescription

Ingredients: Hangzhou chrysanthemum 30 grams appropriate amount of white sugar

Preparation method: Soak the chrysanthemums in boiling water in a teapot, and add an appropriate amount of sugar.

Usage: Take instead of tea.

Efficacy: It can relieve cough and qi, clear the triple burner and stagnate fire. It is suitable for patients with early onset of wind-heat, cold, headache and fever.

Single Flower Drink

Source of folk recipe

Raw materials: 30 grams of silver flower, 10 grams of hawthorn, 250 grams of honey

Preparation method: Silver Flower Drink , put hawthorn into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, put it on a high fire and bring to a boil. After 3 minutes, take the liquid once, add water and simmer once, combine the two liquids, add honey, stir evenly and serve.

Usage: 3 times a day, or drink at any time.

Effects: It is pungent and cool to relieve symptoms, clear away heat and detoxify. Suitable for wind-heat and cold.

Onion and black soya bean soup

Source "Meng Shen Fang"

Ingredients: 30 grams of white scallions, 10 grams of light black soya bean, 3 slices of ginger, 30 grams of rice wine

Preparation method: Add 500 grams of scallion, light tempeh and ginger to water, bring to a boil and add rice wine to simmer.

Usage: Take it hot and cover it to absorb sweat.

Efficacy: Relieve the appearance and harmonize the body.