What is good to drink for a cold? What is good for a wind-heat cold?

Since the beginning of summer, colds seem to have become the hardest hit area in the office. If you catch a cold in summer, your mental state will be bad and your work will be affected. So what should you do if you catch a wind-heat cold? What is the best drink?

Clinical manifestations of wind-heat cold:

1) Sore throat, usually before cold symptoms appear, and the phlegm is usually yellow or black.

2) Thick runny nose, usually yellow.

3) The tongue coating is slightly yellow or white, and the tongue body is usually red.

4) Constipation.

5) Fever, thirst, and irritability.

6) The pulse is usually rapid or surging, which means the pulse is faster than normal.

Three mint drinks

The cause of wind-heat cold is the invasion of wind evil and heat evil. The treatment should dispel wind and heat, so that the external evil can be discharged to relieve the superficial symptoms. Medicine and food have the same origin. Generally speaking, mint can be used to treat wind-heat cold. Mint is cool in nature, pungent in taste, and enters the lung and liver meridians. It is often used to treat wind-heat cold, the initial stage of wind-heat, headache and red eyes, sore throat, mouth sores, measles that do not break out, itchy urticaria, liver qi stagnation, chest tightness and swelling, etc.

The following are three mint drinks that are easy for office workers to make.

1. Mulberry leaf mint drink

5 grams of mulberry leaves, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, and 30 grams of bitter bamboo leaves. After washing the materials, put them into the teapot and brew them with boiling water for 10 minutes. After cooling, you can drink it.

2. Silver Flower Mint Drink

30g of honeysuckle, 10g of mint, 60g of fresh aloe vera. First, add 500ml of water to honeysuckle and aloe vera, boil for 15 minutes, then add mint and boil for 3 minutes, filter out, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take it warm, 3 to 4 times a day. This drink has a strong antipyretic effect and is suitable for those with fever, dry throat and thirst caused by wind-heat cold.

3. Chrysanthemum mint drink

10g chrysanthemum, 6g mint. First boil the chrysanthemum in a pot for 10 minutes, then add the mint, stir, turn off the heat when the water boils, bake in the pot for 15 minutes, pour it out and drink it hot.

Reminder: After catching a cold, you must pay attention to rest and sleep. If you still stay up late and work hard, the cold will only get worse. Drink more water and strictly control your diet. It is recommended to eat less meat and more vegetables and fruits after catching a cold. Pears, dragon fruit, carrots, etc. have the effect of clearing heat.