1 How to determine what kind of cold it is
Colds are also called "colds". Colds during this period are mostly caused by the feeling of wind evil. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the treatment of colds is to dispel wind. Mainly, winter colds are generally divided into two types: wind-heat type and wind-cold type.
Symptoms of wind-heat cold:
Wind-heat cold is generally severe, with dry and painful throat, even redness and pain in the throat and tonsils, nasal congestion, yellow runny nose, thirst, cough and vomiting. Sticky phlegm, red tongue tip, thin yellow coating. Symptoms of wind-cold cold:
Wind-cold cold has symptoms of fever, runny nose, no thirst, white and thin phlegm when coughing, no obvious throat pain, or only itchy throat, non-red tongue, and thin coating. white.
According to different types and degrees of colds, we recommend the following three dietary treatments. They do not require medication, are healthy and safe, and can also help your family effectively prevent colds. 1. The first onset of a cold
This therapeutic formula is suitable for colds caused by wind and cold. White green onion relieves wind and cold, and light black soya beans relieve wind and heat.
Therapeutic recipe: Braised tofu with green onion and white tempeh
Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and evacuate external factors.
Ingredients: 15g green onion, 10g light tempeh, 250g tofu. (Amount for 1 person)
Cooking method: Add 2 small bowls of water to the tofu and bring to a boil. Add light black soya bean and cook until it reaches 1 bowl. Add green onions and boil for a while before seasoning. 2 Wind-cold cold
The external trigger of wind-cold cold is often catching a cold, which manifests as fever, chills, head and body pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, and no sweating.
Dietary prescription: Ginger Sugar Su Ye Drink
Efficacy: Sweating relieves the symptoms, dispels cold and strengthens the stomach.
Ingredients: 5g perilla leaves, 3g ginger, 2 scallions, 10g brown sugar. (Amount for 1 person)
Cooking method: Wash the ginger, perilla leaves and scallions, put them into a pot and bring to a boil, add brown sugar, stir well and drink. 3. Wind-heat cold
Wind-heat cold often presents symptoms such as headache, conjunctival congestion, chest and hypochondrium swelling and tightness.
Dietary remedy: mint, egg, shredded pork soup
Efficacy: dispelling wind, clearing away heat, clearing up rash.
Ingredients: 100g fresh mint leaves, 2 eggs, 50g shredded pork, appropriate amount of salt. (Amount for 2 people)
Cooking method: Soak fresh mint leaves in water for 10-15 minutes; bring water to a boil in a pot, add shredded pork and roll for 5-10 minutes, then add fresh mint leaves mint leaves, and pour the scattered eggs into the pot for seasoning.