Home-cooked dishes to eat during a fever

Home-cooked dishes to eat during a fever

1. Chinese Cabbage

Chinese cabbage tastes sweet, is slightly cold in nature, is rich in water, and is rich in calcium, crude fiber and vitamins. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that cabbage can "clear the intestines and stomach, eliminate chest restlessness, relieve thirst caused by alcohol, help digestion and relieve gas, treat malaria, and stop hot coughs. It is especially good in winter and helps with urination and defecation." The roots of Chinese cabbage are often used to treat colds.

2. Carrots

Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which can promote normal growth and reproduction of the body, maintain epithelial tissue, prevent colds and protect eyesight. Squeeze the carrots into juice and add a few drops of honey. Children will love this sweet and refreshing carrot juice.

3. Spinach

Spinach is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, so it helps prevent colds, bronchitis and other diseases. Spinach contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which is soft and smooth, and can be easily excreted through the peristalsis of the intestinal wall, taking away waste, toxic substances produced by bacteria, and cholesterol. A reminder: after washing the fresh spinach, it is best to blanch it in boiling water first, and then take it out before cooking.

4. Lettuce

Lettuce is high in iodine, which is very beneficial to the body's basal metabolism and physical development. The nutritional value of lettuce leaves is much higher than that of lettuce stems. People who are prone to cough in autumn can relieve their cough by eating more lettuce leaves.

5. Onion

Onions have the effect of dispersing wind and cold, have a spicy smell, have cold-resistant effects, can resist influenza, and have a strong bactericidal effect. Onions are rich in nutrients and can stimulate the secretion of the stomach, intestines and digestive glands, increase appetite and promote digestion. Onions can promote the excretion of sodium salt, thereby lowering blood pressure. Therefore, they have a good health care effect on patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

6. Tomatoes

Tomatoes are not only delicious, but also have certain "medicinal effects". Tomatoes contain vitamin C, which can prevent and treat colds. The large amount of lycopene they contain is a natural pigment that makes tomatoes red. It has the effect of resisting oxidative damage and softening blood vessels.

What food to eat when you have a fever

Mothers choose different foods according to the different types of fever their children have. What food should children eat when they have a cold and fever? Generally, they should eat liquid food during the acute or high fever phase, and semi-liquid food during the recovery and fever-reducing phases.

Liquid foods that children can eat when they have a fever include:

(1) Milk. Milk can provide children with a certain amount of protein, and adding an appropriate amount of rice soup can provide some carbohydrates.

(2) Rice soup. Rice soup can provide children with carbohydrates, and it has sufficient water content, making it easier for sick children to absorb it through their stomachs. Boil the rice until it is soft and remove the residue to get rice soup.

(3) Mung bean soup. Mung beans are benign and have the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and relieving summer heat.

(4) Fresh fruit juice. The main ingredients of fresh fruit juice are vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. It only contains a small amount of plant protein and is easy to absorb. In summer, you can drink watermelon juice, which has the effects of clearing away heat, quenching thirst and promoting diuresis. In autumn and winter, you can drink fresh pear juice, which has the effects of moistening the lungs, clearing the heart, relieving cough, and removing phlegm. Fresh orange juice has the effects of removing dampness, resolving phlegm, clearing the lungs, and unblocking meridians.

Semi-liquid foods that children can eat when they have a fever include lotus root powder, milk powder, porridge, eggs, and soft noodles.

It is worth noting that liquid food is generally consumed during the acute phase of illness, and semi-liquid food is consumed during the recovery phase or fever-reducing phase.

Do not suddenly add food that the child has not eaten before during the fever period to avoid diarrhea. If a child with a fever has a poor appetite, do not force him to eat, so as to avoid stomach discomfort and vomiting after eating, but be sure to pay attention to replenishing water.