What can't you eat if you have a sore throat?

Colds, coughs, pharyngitis, sinusitis and other diseases can cause sore throats. Generally, sore throats are acute and will disappear automatically within a few days. However, if the pain persists and worsens, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.

When having a sore throat, the patient will feel redness, swelling and pain in the throat and discomfort when swallowing. At this time, we should pay more attention to maintaining the throat and eat more health-preserving foods to avoid worsening of the disease. So what exactly should we not eat when we have a sore throat? Below, let's explain in detail.

1. Popcorn, also known as fried rice, is not suitable for people with sore throat. Popcorn can easily damage the yin and cause internal heat, aggravating the disease. As Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said: "Although fried rice is fragrant, it is dry and helps to stimulate fire. People who are not suffering from cold and diarrhea should avoid it."

2. Dog meat is a warm and tonic food. Miao Xiyong, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out as early as now: "Patients with yin deficiency, internal heat, excessive phlegm and excessive fire should be careful not to eat it." Sore throat is caused by real heat and evil fire, so do not eat dog meat.

3. Mutton is warm in nature. Eating too much mutton can easily cause heat and fire. Therefore, "Golden Chamber" says: "People with old fever should not eat it." "Introduction to Medicine" also says: "People with phlegm and fire will cause bone steaming after eating it." People with sore throats are mostly suffering from heat, so they should avoid eating it.

4. Chicken is a sweet, warm and nourishing food, and its nature is greasy and stagnant. The "Sui Xi Ju Diet" says: "Eating too much will cause heat and wind." The "Chinese Medicine Dictionary" also says: "Those with solid symptoms should not eat this." Throat swelling and pain are symptoms of heat and solid symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine, so it is not advisable to eat this. Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also clearly warned: "Throat symptoms should be avoided."

5. Goose meat is considered as an irritant food by the people. It is sweet, moist and greasy in nature, and can easily generate heat and promote phlegm. Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty said that it "has a strong smell and can cause fever and sores." Therefore, people with sore throat and inflamed tonsils should not take it.

6. Partridge is warm in nature and sweet in taste. According to the experience of Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, people with sore throat should avoid eating it. Wang once warned in his "Sui Xi Ju Food Recipe": "Partridge is of the fire element, and eating too much of it will cause throat abscesses."

7. Oranges are cool in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and are generally considered by people to be a food that causes internal heat. If you consume too much, you may easily experience dry and sore throat, mouth sores or ulcers. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat too many oranges while suffering from sore throat.

8. Longan meat, also known as longan meat. It is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and can easily promote heat, fire and phlegm.

9. Chives are warm in nature and spicy in taste. According to the experience of ancient doctors, people suffering from carbuncles and sores should avoid it.

10. Chili pepper is described in "Qunfangpu" as "very spicy". "Food Tips and Tricks" considers it "very hot". Therefore, chili peppers are very spicy and hot, and can easily cause heat and internal heat. "Yao Xing Kao" points out: "Eating it for a long time will cause toothache and swollen throat." Therefore, people with swollen throat should avoid eating it.

11. People with sore throat should avoid eating pepper.

12. Ginseng is warm in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and is a warming and strengthening herb. The "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" points out: "It is not advisable to take it in cases of excess syndrome or heat syndrome." Sore throat is caused by fire toxicity, which is a symptom of excess syndrome, so ginseng should be avoided.

The above are foods that people with sore throats should not eat. If these foods are consumed, they will aggravate the progression of the disease or affect the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs. Therefore, people with sore throats should pay more attention to subtle aspects of their daily diet. At the same time, they should get enough sleep and drink plenty of water, which is more conducive to the treatment of the disease.