Cold food
In summer, wind-heat cold is the main cold. Patients with this kind of cold have strong heat in their bodies, and their elimination is blocked. Eating some cold foods that dissipate wind-heat is helpful for cold treatment and can also cool down appropriately.
Common cold food
Staple food: millet, mung bean, wheat, barley, buckwheat and coix seed.
Vegetables: tomatoes, water celery, eggplant, rape, water bamboo, amaranth, spinach, day lily, lettuce, cauliflower, etc.
Fruits: persimmon, dried persimmon, grapefruit, banana, mulberry, carambola, fig, kiwi, watermelon, melon, etc.
Warm food
Although summer colds are mainly wind-heat colds, there are also wind-cold colds, which are common in people who blow air conditioners, electric fans and drink cold drinks in summer. At this time, eating some warm foods has a good therapeutic effect on this kind of colds.
Common warm food
Staple food: sorghum, glutinous rice, cheese, flour products, etc.
Vegetables: lentils, green vegetables, yellow sprouts, parsley, peppers, leeks, pumpkins, garlic sprouts, garlic moss, garlic, green onions, ginger, carrots, etc.
Fruits: litchi, longan, peach, jujube, bayberry, walnut, apricot, orange, cherry, etc.
Foods high in vitamins.
Summer is also the season when viruses and fungi proliferate in large quantities. During this period, there are also a large number of influenza. This kind of cold does not belong to wind-heat or wind-cold, and requires antibiotic treatment. Therefore, eating some foods containing more vitamins has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on this kind of cold, especially foods with high vitamin C, vitamin A and anthocyanin content.
Common foods with high vitamin content
Vitamin c food: vegetables: green vegetables, leeks, spinach, green peppers, cucumbers, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, etc. Fruits: fresh dates, kiwis, hawthorn, grapefruit, strawberries, oranges, lemons, etc.
Vitamin A food: vegetables: horsetail, Chinese cabbage, shepherd's purse, tomato, eggplant, pumpkin, cucumber, green pepper, spinach, alfalfa, pea seedlings, sweet potatoes with red hearts, carrots, etc. Fruits: pear, apple, loquat, cherry, banana, longan, apricot, litchi, watermelon, melon, etc.
Anthocyanin food: blueberry, black wolfberry, black grape, purple potato, mulberry, purple cabbage, etc.
Appetizing food
In summer, colds and fever have a serious impact on appetite. The hot weather will reduce people's appetite. Therefore, it is necessary to eat some appetizing and healthy foods at this time, and ensuring normal nutrient intake also has a certain effect on treating colds.
Common appetizers are: tomato products, pickles, cucumbers, bitter gourd and lettuce, and sour fruits.
Soft food
A cold and fever combined with the hot weather in summer lead to a lot of water shortage in the body, and the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract is also affected to varying degrees. At this time, it is best to eat soft food, which has good effects of supplementing water, strengthening the spleen and stomach and nourishing.
It is recommended to eat: porridge, vegetable soup, fruit juice, and drink more warm water. It is not recommended to eat high-protein foods such as milk and soybean milk, so as to avoid indigestion and cause abdominal distension and diarrhea.