How to make ginger soup to treat colds, folk remedies for colds

Cold is a common symptom, which is a reaction of our physiological defense system to fight against bacteria. After catching a cold, people often do not take medicine immediately, because after all, medicine is three-point poison, but choose some food therapy recipes for treatment, such as ginger soup. How to make ginger soup for cold? In addition to ginger soup, are there any other food therapy recipes for colds?

1: Ingredients: sliced ​​fresh ginger, jujubes (to enhance flavor and to add flavor to avoid being too spicy and difficult to swallow), wolfberries, rock sugar or brown sugar.

2: Method: 1. Use a small pot (a milk pot will do) to add water to boil, put the washed dates into the water and boil (dates need to be boiled for a few minutes longer); 2. At this time, prepare the ginger, wash it, slice it, put it into the pot, wash the wolfberry twice, and put it into the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat. Cook for about seven or eight minutes; 3. Add rock sugar or brown sugar, in moderation, and don't make it too sweet, because there are dates, so just put a little sugar. Cook for another two minutes and turn off the heat.

3: When using ginger soup to prevent and treat colds, you must distinguish the types of colds and use it according to the symptoms. It is only suitable for colds caused by wind and cold. And fresh ginger is the most suitable choice of ginger. If it is not available at the moment, dried ginger can also be used instead, but the effect is not as good as fresh ginger. For wind-heat colds, you should choose Banlangen Chongjie, Yinxuan Jiedu Tablets, etc.; for summer-heat colds, you should choose Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules (Pills), and use drinks such as mint tea that cools and relieves the symptoms as auxiliary treatment.

1: Egg custard Ingredients: 2 eggs Method: Beat 2 eggs in a bowl, add slightly more water than eggs (about 1:1), add salt and stir, then pour through gauze to filter, and finally steam in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes. After cooking, add a few drops of sesame oil. Suitable for: cough caused by colds.

2: Rock Sugar Pear Ingredients: one pear, some rock sugar (depending on your taste) Method: Peel the pear, remove the core of the pear with a knife to make it hollow, then put rock sugar and a little water in the hollow. Put the prepared pear in a porcelain bowl, then steam it in a pot for one hour. Suitable for: cough caused by lung heat, it can play a role in clearing heat and detoxification.

3: Radish and ginger soup Ingredients: 1 radish, 1 piece of ginger, 1 liang of rock sugar. Cut both radish and ginger into slices, boil water until the water boils, add rock sugar and wait until it melts, then add 5 slices of radish and 5 slices of ginger, simmer on low heat for half an hour and then drink. Suitable for: cough and phlegm.

Folk remedies are not all the same, so we hope that everyone will consult a doctor and use the method that is most suitable for their cold to help treat it.