Diet therapy for wind-heat cold

There are many types of colds, the most common ones are viral colds and wind-heat colds. These two types of colds have different treatment methods and must be treated in time after they occur, otherwise it will affect all aspects of the patient's body. If the cold is serious, it will cause various diseases in the patient's body. In this case, drug treatment is a good choice for wind-heat colds. At the same time, dietary therapy for wind-heat colds is also very good.

Many people are not very clear about the dietary therapy for wind-heat colds, so it is necessary to understand this treatment method when choosing it, and to know how to use it best when using it.

Diet therapy for wind-heat cold:

(1) Silver Flower Mint Drink

30 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of mint, and 60 grams of fresh reed root.

First add 500 ml of water to honeysuckle and reed root, boil for 15 minutes, then add mint and boil for 3 minutes, filter out and add appropriate amount of white sugar, take warm, 3 to 4 times a day.

This drink has a strong antipyretic effect and is suitable for people with wind-heat cold who have fever, dry throat and thirst.

(2) Sweating soybean porridge

20 grams of light fermented black beans, 6 grams of Schizonepeta, 6 grams of Saposhnikovia, 3 grams of Gardenia, 60 grams of gypsum, 3 slices of ginger, 2 stalks of green onion, and 100 grams of polished rice.

First, boil the above-mentioned medicines in a casserole for about 5 to 10 minutes, filter the juice and remove the residue, then add the polished rice and cook into a thin porridge.

This prescription has the main therapeutic effect of relieving heat in its pungent and cool properties. It is suitable for patients with severe wind-heat, persistent high fever, headache without sweating, dry throat and thirst, and strong and rapid pulse, and has significant therapeutic effect.

(3) Mulberry leaf mint drink

5 grams of mulberry leaves, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, and 30 grams of bitter bamboo leaves.

Wash the above medicines with clean water, put them in a teapot, soak them in boiling water for ten minutes, and drink them at any time.

This product has both a pungent and cool effect in relieving the symptoms of wind-heat colds, and can also be drunk as a preventive tea.

(4) Kudzu and black bean porridge

10 grams of Pueraria root, 10 grams of light black beans, 3 stalks of green onion (washed), 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 50 grams of polished rice.

Put Pueraria root, fermented black beans and Ophiopogon japonicus into a casserole, add 500 ml of water, boil on the fire for about 5 to 10 minutes, filter out the residue, add polished rice into the juice, and cook together into porridge. Cut the scallion into short sections, add it into the porridge when it is almost done, stir and drink it while warm.

The kudzu root, fermented black beans, and scallion in this porridge can dispel exterior pathogens, while the ophiopogon and polished rice can nourish yin and harmonize the stomach. It has the characteristics of dispelling wind gently, relieving fever without being strong, and nourishing yin without being greasy. It is an excellent food for treating wind-heat colds.

The above is a detailed introduction to the dietary therapy for wind-heat cold. After suffering from wind-heat cold, you can choose the above methods to treat the cold. These methods are very helpful in improving wind-heat cold. However, when treating wind-heat cold, you should also pay attention to reducing the intake of some spicy and greasy foods.