Brown sugar and ginger tea is only effective for wind-cold colds, but not for wind-heat colds, wind-heat colds are the real evil within the obstruction, drink ginger tea but aggravate the symptoms. Treatment of colds must be symptomatic, otherwise it will be delayed
From the perspective of treatment, ginger and brown sugar water is only applicable to wind-cold cold or rain after a cold stomach, fever patients, can not be used for summer heat cold or wind-heat cold patients, but can not be used for the treatment of heat stroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but it is not suitable for other types of vomiting.
If you have a cold with wind-cold, chills and fever, headache and nasal congestion, folk commonly used ginger water treatment. Specific practices are:
With a large piece of ginger sliced or shredded decoction, add a little brown sugar (sugar can also be), ride the heat of a gas service. For the cold light or strong patients, often can be medicine to the disease. This method is most commonly used in the cold cold, such as in the cold night long line, water rescue, sudden rain, drink a bowl of ginger and brown sugar water in a timely manner, sweat out of the body warm, comfortable, often can achieve the purpose of prevention. After serving the best sleep covered with sweat, to avoid wind chill.