What to do if a pregnant woman has a cold and runny nose? How to treat a cold without taking medicine

During pregnancy, pregnant women's resistance to disease decreases and they are very susceptible to catching colds. In addition, the physiological conditions of pregnant women during pregnancy are quite special. The nose will be more sensitive during pregnancy, and symptoms such as runny nose are more likely to occur. Pregnant women will choose not to take medicine after catching a cold because they are afraid of affecting the fetus. So what are some ways to treat a runny nose caused by a cold?

1: You can try to fill a thermos cup with boiled water at about 50℃, then put your mouth and nose at the mouth of the cup to breathe the hot water vapor. This method is helpful for pregnant women with colds, runny nose and nasal congestion, and it is also helpful for pregnant women with colds, coughs and phlegm.

1: "Drinking radish and cabbage soup regularly will avoid the need for a doctor to prescribe medicine." It is more effective if you take it at the onset of a cold, and it is more beneficial to eat it more often at other times. Radish and cabbage soup: use 250 grams of cabbage heart and 60 grams of white radish, add water and boil them, then add 10-20 grams of brown sugar, eat the vegetables and drink the soup. Vegetable root soup: Wash and slice 3 pieces of cabbage roots, add 7 green onion roots, boil the soup, add sugar and drink it while hot. Radish soup: Slice 150 grams of white radish, add 900 ml of water, boil until 600 ml, add 5 grams of white sugar, drink one cup while it is hot, and then drink another cup half an hour later.

1: Scallion porridge: 50 grams of polished rice, 2-3 scallions, cut the stems into sections, and an appropriate amount of sugar, cook into porridge and serve hot. Orange peel water: Add 30 grams of fresh orange peel (15 grams of dried orange peel) to 3 cups of water, boil it into 2 cups, add sugar, and drink it while hot. Casserole with snow pear: Wash the snow pear, chop it with the skin, add rock sugar, and steam it in a clay pot or clay pot. Suitable for wind-heat cough. Chrysanthemum sugar tea: 30 grams of chrysanthemum, appropriate amount of white sugar, add appropriate amount of boiling water to soak, and drink as tea.

1: Ginger has the effects of inducing sweating and relieving exterior symptoms, warming the middle and stopping vomiting, warming the lungs and relieving cough. It can be used to treat colds, aversion to cold and fever, headache and nasal congestion. Tangerine peel and ginger tea: 10 grams each of tangerine peel and ginger, boil in water, add 10-20 grams of brown sugar when drinking. Ginger and garlic tea: 15 grams each of garlic and ginger, cut into slices, add a bowl of water, simmer until half a bowl remains, add 10-20 grams of brown sugar when drinking. Ginger and sugar drink: 15 grams of sliced ​​ginger, 3 pieces of 3 cm long green onion, add 50 grams of water, boil and add brown sugar. These types of ginger tea should be taken while hot, then cover yourself with a blanket and sweat slightly. It is best to take a nap, which will help lower body temperature and relieve headaches.

1: Improve the body's ability to resist disease. After getting up in the morning, you can go out for a walk, do exercises for prenatal care, and maintain your health scientifically according to weather changes; add or remove clothes in time to prevent the cold from getting worse.

1: Chicken soup is rich in nutrients and has the effect of clearing respiratory viruses. Pregnant women can drink chicken soup to relieve symptoms such as runny nose and nasal congestion caused by colds. Chicken soup is not only effective for treating runny nose caused by colds in pregnant women, but drinking chicken soup regularly can also prevent the occurrence of colds. Therefore, chicken soup should not only be drunk by pregnant women when they have a cold and a runny nose. Pregnant women should often drink chicken soup since they become pregnant. This can enhance their natural resistance and prevent colds.

Instead of taking cold medicine, you can use dietary therapy to relieve symptoms. Pregnant women with a cold and runny nose can drink some chicken soup, ginger soup, radish and cabbage soup and porridge. While replenishing water, it can effectively enhance resistance and fight against cold viruses.