Summer cold treatment, dietary remedies are more effective

In summer, due to the hot weather, everyone is used to staying in the air-conditioned room and setting the temperature of the air conditioner to a very low level, which makes summer a high-incidence season for colds. Most colds in summer are caused by wind and heat. Compared with taking medicine or injections, the following food therapy recipes are more effective.

1: Recipe: 50g mung bean, 5g green tea, 15g rock sugar. Preparation: Wash and crush the mung bean, put it in a bowl with tea and rock sugar, and soak it with boiling water for about 20 minutes. Drink it instead of tea. Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies. Treats influenza, with symptoms of sore throat and hot cough. Can also be used to prevent influenza.

1: Recipe: watermelon and tomato in appropriate amounts. Preparation: Take the watermelon pulp, remove the seeds, and squeeze the juice with gauze. Boil the tomatoes in boiling water, peel them, and squeeze the juice with gauze. Combine the two juices and drink them as tea. Health Life Effects: Clears away heat and detoxifies, removes summer heat and eliminates dampness. Treats summer colds, with symptoms of fever, thirst, irritability, red and hot urine, poor appetite, indigestion, etc.

1: Ingredients: 1/3 onion shredded, a little brown sugar, 1 bowl of water. Method: (1) Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. (2) Drink half a bowl of the soup while it is still warm. Drinking it once will produce immediate results, and drinking it two or three times will cure the disease.

1: If you think freshly squeezed tomato juice is not tasty enough, you can add some fresh plum powder while squeezing the tomato juice. It is rich in vitamin C, which can improve the body's immunity and is delicious!

1: Prescription: 30g each of Radix Isatidis, Flos Lonicerae, and Rhizoma Coptidis, 10g of Nephrolepis (added later). Preparation method: decoct into 50% purulent fluid, take 30-60ml each time, 3 times a day, reduce the dosage for children. Drink plenty of water after taking the medicine. Add or subtract: add 10g each of Radix Licorice, Platycodon, and Apricot kernel for cough, add 10g each of Radix Codonopsis pilosulae and Radix Sophorae flavescentis for sore throat. Efficacy: mainly used to treat wind-heat cold, red throat and sore throat, red eyes with fever or cough with yellow sputum, etc. Note: Do not use for wind-heat external infection

1: Dice peaches, oranges, apples and other fruits, add water and bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 to 30 minutes and drink while hot. Hot fruit tea has natural fruity aroma, sweetness and vitamin C, which can help you get well from a cold quickly!

1: Squeeze lemon juice, add sugar or honey, and then add warm water. Drink 500~1000cc a day when you have a cold, and the runny nose will be relieved and the cold will go away quickly, especially when you have just caught a cold, and you may even recover without taking any medicine. Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which has many functions such as antibacterial effect, immune effect, and assisting in the formation of collagen. You can also drink more hot lemon water to maintain your body and replenish vitamin C.

Changes in conditions are closely related to the strength of a person's physique. When a person is exposed to wind or cold in such a sudden change in temperature, the body cannot adapt and is more likely to catch a cold. Symptoms include headache, cough, stuffy nose, constant runny nose, loss of appetite, body aches, etc.