Dietary taboos for summer heat colds Heat colds are different from colds

Many people cannot avoid catching a cold in the summer. What should you not eat when you have a cold? Is a cold a flu? What is the difference between a cold and a flu?

Dietary taboos for summer heat and cold

1. Eat less cold drinks. Overcooled food has an astringent effect, which will affect the antipyretic effect of medicines or food.

2. Eat less sour foods such as black plums and hawthorns. Because these foods are often acidic and have astringent effects, they will affect the drugs or foods used to treat "heat colds" to a certain extent.

3. Eat less fried foods and foods rich in animal and plant fats. Since these types of foods can also hinder the effectiveness of antipyretic drugs, they should be avoided while taking the medicine.

The difference between heat cold and cold

Heat cold, also known as summer-heat cold in traditional Chinese medicine, is different from wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold in winter. Experts explain that wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds mostly occur in spring, autumn and winter, and the main symptoms are mild fever and severe chills. Summer-heat and dampness cold is a cold unique to summer, which is commonly known as heat cold among the people.

In terms of symptoms, the symptoms of wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold and summer-heat cold include nasal congestion, runny nose and fever. However, the fever caused by heat cold is different from the cold in autumn and winter. The main symptoms are severe fever and mild chills. Generally, patients do not feel cold, but just have fever and sweat a lot but the fever does not go away.

Therefore, if you take antipyretics for summer heat colds like you do for winter colds, the effect will not be good and there will be certain side effects.

Although heat and cold are not influenza, they are not contagious. However, heat colds can trigger the onset of some diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, etc. Overeating cold drinks or taking a cold shower after strenuous exercise will cause heat cold. If the air conditioner temperature is set too low and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, it can also cause heat cold. Sleeping in the cool at night or even sleeping outdoors will lead to heat cold