People who have a cold can't drink sour plum soup. When they catch a cold, they usually need antiperspirants to drive the "pathogenic factors" out of the body surface to restore people's health. However, the dark plum in sour plum soup is acidic, which is considered by Chinese medicine to be astringent, which will hinder the sweating drugs from playing their role, thus delaying the recovery of colds. Therefore, it is best not to quench your thirst or appetite with sour plum soup when you have a cold. Although sour plum soup is a kind of drink suitable for the public, it is not suitable for some people, such as children, so you can't drink too many sour drinks. In addition, people with diabetes should try not to drink it, because sour plum soup is usually made of brown sugar or rock sugar. On the contrary, some people are suitable for drinking sour plum soup, especially those with cholecystitis and gallstones. It's good to drink sour plum soup properly. "If there is a patient with a fever at home, sour plum soup has a astringent effect and can help sweating; People with diarrhea can also drink more, also using the astringent effect of sour plum.