Cold is a common and frequently-occurring disease. So far, there is no specific treatment, so we can only treat it symptomatically and let it gradually heal itself. This paper introduces several peculiar therapies, which readers may wish to try.
1, drink chicken soup
Two clinical medical centers in the United States reported that drinking chicken soup can inhibit inflammation of the throat and respiratory tract, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as stuffy nose, runny nose, cough and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains a variety of essential amino acids, it is nutritious and can significantly enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses. Chicken also contains some special chemicals, which can enhance the blood circulation in the pharynx and the secretion of nasal liquid, and play a very good role in protecting the respiratory tract, removing respiratory viruses and accelerating the recovery of colds.
Step 2 eat more radishes
Practice has proved that carotene in radish has a unique role in preventing and treating colds. The specific method is to chop sweet, crisp and juicy radish, squeeze out half a teacup juice, mash ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add sugar or honey, mix well, and then pour it into boiling water as a drink, three times a day for two days, which can clear away heat and toxic materials, dispel cold and prevent colds.
3. Drink sugar, ginger and tea together
Because colds are mostly caused by exogenous wind and cold, there are often symptoms such as headache, stuffy nose, runny nose and joint pain, and even chills and fever. You can make soup with proper amount of brown sugar, ginger and black tea, 1-2 times a day, which can not only warm your body and dispel cold, but also have a good effect on preventing and treating colds.
4. Eat less salt
Experiments show that eating less sodium salt can increase the content of lysozyme in saliva, protect the epithelial cells of mouth and throat, and make them secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to deal with cold virus. Therefore, controlling the daily salt content within 5 grams is of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of colds.
5. Take honey for example.
Honey contains a variety of bioactive substances, which can stimulate the immune function of human body. Taking it twice every morning and evening can effectively treat and prevent viral diseases such as colds.
6. Take yeast for example
Professor dasgupta of the University of California, USA, found in the experiment that the yeast for making bread contains a component that can prevent the cold virus from propagating and spreading in human cells, and can treat the common cold, but it is ineffective for influenza.
(Excerpt from: seeking medical advice network)
7. Eat more condiments
According to the research of the University of Wisconsin, ginger and dried pepper can help people to expel cold virus, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. The American Institute for Cancer Research recently revealed that garlic can enhance the immune function of the human body. Add more seasoning when cooking, which can make the cold recover early.
8, vinegar nasal drops, fumigation
Dilute vinegar with cold boiled water, and make it into 5%- 10% solution for nasal drip, 4-6 times a day, and drop 2-3 drops into each nostril, which has good curative effect on treating cold and influenza. Especially in the early stage of a cold, the curative effect is better. Vinegar can kill the cold virus lurking in the nasopharynx. During the cold epidemic, vinegar nasal drops have a reliable preventive effect. In addition, vinegar fumigation can also treat colds, that is,100g of vinegar is fumigated on the stove, which not only makes the room smell immediately, but also makes vinegar molecules float in the air, killing indoor cold viruses and effectively preventing colds. During the cold epidemic, it is best to fumigate vinegar 1-2 times a day.
9. rub your hands
Because the thumb root (medically called thenar) is rich in muscles, the palm of your hand stretches out and stands out obviously, occupying a large area of your palm. The thenar is closely related to the respiratory organs. Rubbing every day is of great benefit to improving the constitution that is prone to colds. The method is: rub the thenar with both hands until it is hot. Rubbing is like rubbing the skin of a peanut with your palm. One hand is fixed, turn the thenar of the other hand, and alternate hands up and down. Two thenar rubbing in opposite directions, about one to two minutes, the whole palm will be hot. Doing so can promote blood circulation and strengthen the body's metabolism, so it can enhance physical fitness, so it is not easy to catch a cold.
10, massage nose
Make a fist with your hands slightly, and massage the sides of your nose up and down with the back of your flexed thumb. Massage 15-30 times every morning and evening, with local redness and fever as the degree. One method can improve the blood circulation of the nose, promote the secretion of mucosal cells, and expel cold virus and its harmful metabolites through the "directional swing" of cilia.
1 1, acupoint massage
Massage acupoints such as nasal passage, Xiang Ying and runny nose with thumb, forefinger and middle finger (with one finger), and then rub the cold sensitive areas on both sides of the nasal cavity from Xiang Ying to Tang Yin with the muscle area around the fishbone point. Massage Yongquan point and the foot center until they get hot, so that the meridians in these two parts are unobstructed and the qi and blood run normally. This can prevent the cold from invading and keep the enemy out.
12, acupuncture therapy
Acupuncture in our country is quite effective for colds. Going to acupuncture as soon as possible when catching a cold can immediately relieve stuffy nose and headache, and make the elevated body temperature gradually return to normal after a day and night. Because acupuncture enhances the immune function in the body through the regulation of meridians, the curative effect is reliable. Effective acupoints for treating cold are Shangxing, Tang Yin, Fengchi, Xiang Ying, Hegu and Waiguan. Leave the needle 15 minutes, once a day, usually 2-3 times to cure.
13, sleep more.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that when people sleep, bacteria in the body can produce a substance called "muramic acid", which can enhance human immunity and accelerate the recovery from colds and other viral diseases. Therefore, it is suggested that sleep is also a treatment, especially for colds.
14, breathing steam
Put a cup of boiling water in a big cup, bend your face over it, and do deep breathing exercises against the rising hot air until the water in the cup is cold, several times a day. This method is effective in treating colds, especially the first cold.
15, wash your face in cold water
This method generally begins in summer and continues into autumn and winter to enhance its suitability. Washing your face with cold boiled water every morning and evening can increase the blood circulation of your face, improve your ability to resist diseases and cold, and thus prevent colds.
During the cold period, no matter whether it is cold or wind-heat, you should avoid all nourishing, greasy and sour foods, such as pork, duck, chicken, mutton gizzard, glutinous rice, astragalus, Polygonatum sibiricum, Ophiopogon japonicus, ginseng, placenta, donkey-hide gelatin, various marine fish, shrimp, crab, longan, pomegranate, dark plum and various sticky sweets.
People who catch cold due to wind-cold should also avoid eating the above-mentioned cold foods, such as persimmon, dried persimmon, tofu, mung bean sprouts, snail, mussel, clam, raw radish, raw lotus root, raw sweet potato, raw melon, raw pear, raw water chestnut, Siraitia grosvenorii, Leng Cha, chrysanthemum brain, mint and honeysuckle.
People who catch a cold due to wind-heat should also avoid ginger, pepper, cinnamon, fennel, clove, Amomum villosum, white wine, Cordyceps sinensis and so on.
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What to eat and what not to eat when you have a cold.
Cold, commonly known as cold. According to the different seasons or symptoms, Chinese medicine is usually divided into two types: wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold. Wind-cold colds are characterized by fever, chills, headache, general pain, clear nasal congestion, cough with white phlegm and thin white fur. People with wind-heat cold are not afraid of cold, have headache and sore throat, cough up yellow thick pus and phlegm, and have yellowish tongue coating. As for the types of cold due to qi deficiency, cold due to yin deficiency, cold due to yang deficiency, cold due to rheumatism and cold due to damp heat.
The original principle should be avoided:
Generally speaking, a cold is the invasion of foreign pathogens. Therefore, in principle, it is advisable to eat a light and soft diet or food at the beginning of a cold, and avoid eating greasy, sticky, sour and nourishing food to prevent exogenous pathogens from being driven out. Those who catch a cold due to wind and cold should eat products that are pungent and warm, sweating and dispelling cold, and avoid eating raw and cold food; People with wind-heat colds should eat more spicy and cold foods to dispel wind, clear heat and relieve sore throat, and avoid spicy and hot items.
Edible items:
Anyone who has a cold should distinguish between wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold and choose the following foods respectively:
Ginger is warm and pungent, and has the functions of dispelling cold and sweating, relieving exterior syndrome and expelling wind. It is suitable for people with cold and cold. 3 pieces of ginger are commonly used in the people, and the right amount of brown sugar is taken with boiling water, commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea, which will be cured if you drink it often.
Scallion is warm and pungent, which has the function of regulating body temperature, making sweat glands sweat normally, and can alleviate and prevent colds. Suitable for people with wind-cold type cold.
Perilla is warm and pungent, and has the functions of sweating, dispelling cold and reducing fever. Suitable for people with cold and cold. If people with qi deficiency catch a cold, it is advisable to cook porridge with perilla leaves and rice. Because perilla contains the unique aroma of perilla acetaldehyde, that is, perilla oil essence, which is volatile, it is necessary to add perilla leaves 10g to porridge when it is cooked, and it should not be cooked for a long time.
Honeysuckle has the function of clearing away heat, which is often used by Chinese medicine to treat wind-heat cold. Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines: "Honeysuckle can clear away heat and toxic materials, and treat exogenous fever and cough. Make herbal tea or prevent heatstroke and colds. " In summer, those who have wind-heat cold, fever and sore throat should make tea with honeysuckle and drink it often.
Lotus leaf is suitable for people with wind-heat and cold in summer, and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Herbal Medicine in Southern Yunnan: "Wind and heat of lotus leaves on the head." "Continuation of Materia Medica" also said: "Cool and relieve summer heat, quench thirst and produce fluid, relieve summer heat." Therefore, in the hot summer, it is most appropriate to use lotus leaves instead of tea to decoct water and drink it regularly to prevent and treat summer colds.
Mint is cool and pungent, and has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving sore throat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mint, which is pungent and can disperse, is cool and clear, and specializes in expelling wind and heat." It is suitable for people with wind-heat cold, headache, red eyes and sore throat to make tea.
White chrysanthemum has a cold due to wind and heat. It is advisable to use 5 grams of white chrysanthemum and take it with boiling water instead of tea. It is especially suitable for drinking in hot summer, and has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, detoxicating and dispelling summer heat.
Douchi is flat in nature and can dispel exterior evils. People often use lobster sauce with scallion, or decoct soup or cook porridge, which is suitable for both wind-cold and wind-heat colds, and has the effect of sweating and reducing fever.
Coriander is warm and pungent, suitable for people with cold and cold. People like to steam cooked food with 30g coriander and 30g caramel, and half a bowl of rice soup.
In Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, chrysanthemum brain is often used as a good summer resort. It is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispelling summer heat and reducing fire, and clearing the head. It is most suitable for people who have a cold, fever, dry mouth, sore throat and red eyes in summer.
Olives are also called olives. It has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for patients with wind-heat cold accompanied by sore throat. Folk use 2 ~ 5 olives, split, half to 1 fresh radish (both red and white), boil water without drinking tea.
Sweet potato can produce saliva to quench thirst, cure saliva or cook food. "Luchuan Materia Medica" records: "Produce body fluid to quench thirst, and cure fever and thirst." Suitable for wind-heat cold, fever, dry mouth, headache and polydipsia.
Water chestnut is suitable for people with wind-heat cold, cough, yellow phlegm, sore throat and dry mouth. Has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst, and can be eaten raw, cooked or juiced for drinking. If you use jellyfish skin to decoct, the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough is better.
Pears are cool and sweet, and can produce fluid, clear away heat and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for wind-heat cold, fever and thirst, cough and yellow phlegm, and can be eaten at will. People who are used to wind-heat, cold and cough use 1 raw pears, wash and chop them up, and stew them with rock sugar.
Radish has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is especially suitable for people with cough and phlegm caused by wind-heat cold.
According to the treatment principle of "cold is heat, heat is cold, deficiency is tonic, but actually diarrhea" in traditional Chinese medicine, people with cold and cold should eat warm or flat foods, such as pepper, pepper, cinnamon, rice porridge, Amomum villosum, kumquat, lemon, bergamot, onion, pumpkin, green vegetables, lentils, adzuki beans, soybean sprouts, water chestnut and so on. People with wind-heat and cold should eat more cold things, such as mung beans, apples, persimmon frost, loquat, oranges, kiwi fruit, strawberries, Siraitia grosvenorii, figs, celery, water dropwort, day lily, lettuce, wolfberry head, tofu, gluten, wax gourd, sweet potato and so on.