Can fumigating vinegar prevent colds?

It is easy to catch a cold if you are not careful when the seasons change. To avoid cold symptoms due to weather changes, you can add or remove clothes according to the temperature on a daily basis. Even in an air-conditioned room in summer, you should pay attention to setting the air-conditioning temperature according to your physical condition. In addition, some dietary therapies can help prevent colds, such as eating kumquats, drinking honey, drinking soup, etc. These are common remedies for preventing colds. So can fumigated vinegar prevent colds?

1. Eat kumquats: There is a saying among the people that "kumquats don't prevent colds", which means that kumquats have the effect of preventing colds, and the vitamin C in kumquats can enhance the body's immune function.

2. Drink shiitake mushroom soup: Shiitake mushrooms contain mushroom RNA, which can release interferon, which can kill viruses in the human body and enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses.

3. Take honey with water: Honey contains a variety of biologically active substances that can stimulate the body's immune function. Taking it twice a day, morning and evening, can effectively prevent colds.

4. Drink more warm water: The body's water is easily lost in winter, so you should pay attention to drinking more water in your daily life to ensure that the body is adequately hydrated. Drinking more water is beneficial.

5. Acetic acid can only disinfect and sterilize when it reaches a certain concentration, and the disinfection and sterilization effect is not very good, so it is not recommended for use. The acetic acid concentration of common vinegar in daily life is very low, which cannot achieve the effect of disinfection and sterilization. Blindly using it in large quantities may bring harm to human health. For example, the volatile acidic gas of fumigated vinegar has an irritating effect on the respiratory mucosa of the human body. If the concentration is too high and the time is too long, during the fumigation process, it will cause the condition of patients with bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, etc. to relapse or worsen, and in severe cases it may even burn the upper gastrointestinal mucosa. If there are children, elderly people and asthma patients in the home, it is not suitable to use vinegar fumigation for disinfection.

Preparation method

1. Boil the vinegar in a pot and allow air convection to disinfect the room.

2. Soak gauze in vinegar and place the gauze on the heater.

Precautions

Vinegar is a weak acid and may not necessarily kill influenza viruses. It may also irritate the respiratory mucosa and is not suitable for long-term fumigation.