What to eat to cure a cold quickly? The difference between wind-cold and wind-heat colds

Cold is an unavoidable disease in our life. People with cold usually have a poor appetite, but the most lacking thing for cold is nutrition and water. So what should we eat if we have a cold? There are dietary taboos during the cold period, which we need to pay attention to. Let's learn about it together!

Contents of this article

1. What to eat to get better quickly from a cold

2. The difference between wind-cold and wind-heat colds

3. Dietary taboos during colds

What to eat to get better quickly from a cold

You must drink more water after catching a cold. Water is a substance that we humans cannot live without. When you have a cold, a lot of water in your body will be lost, you will sweat a lot, and you will feel thirsty, so you must drink more water at this time to replenish the lost water.

Moreover, water can enhance our immunity, accelerate the circulation within the body, eliminate germs and toxins faster, and help us fight diseases better.

People with colds generally have a poor appetite, but what people with colds lack the most is nutrition. Milk and soy milk are rich in protein, and eating more can enhance a person's physique, so you should pay attention to a balanced diet. The food should be light, but also take nutrition into consideration. Only by taking good care of your body can you fight the disease. Do not eat greasy food during illness to avoid aggravating the condition.

Vegetables and fruits contain a lot of vitamins and fiber, which can replenish a lot of nutrients and help the cold heal faster.

The difference between wind-cold and wind-heat colds

Colds are mostly caused by cold seasons, such as winter, late autumn and early spring. The symptoms of colds are mild fever, severe aversion to cold, no sweating, headache and body pain, runny nose, cough, no redness or swelling in the throat, pale red tongue and tight pulse. The treatment of colds is to use pungent and warm herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Zhibao Pills.

Wind-heat cold, which often occurs in warm seasons such as spring, early summer and early autumn, is a disease caused by wind-heat evil spirits. The symptoms of wind-heat cold include high fever, mild aversion to cold, sweating or little sweating, headache, stuffy nose, sore throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse (i.e., fast pulse). The treatment of wind-heat cold is to use pungent and cool herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Resuqing Oral Liquid, Xiaoer Chiqiao Qingre Granules, Xiaoer Ganmao Granules (Oral Liquid), etc.

Dietary taboos during colds

Eggs are indeed rich in nutrients, but it is not advisable to eat too many eggs during a fever. This is because the protein in the eggs will produce a certain amount of extra heat after being broken down in the body, which will increase the body's heat, aggravate the fever symptoms, prolong the fever time, and increase the patient's pain.

During a fever, the main focus should be on clearing away heat, and nourishing should not be taken. Honey is a tonic that replenishes qi and nourishes the middle. If too much honey is taken, the patient's internal heat cannot be cleared and eliminated well, and other complications are likely to occur.

If the fever is caused by infectious diseases such as bacillary dysentery caused by unclean food, the gastrointestinal function will be weakened, and drinking more cold drinks will aggravate the condition and even worsen it to endanger life.

Drinking strong tea will keep the brain in an excited state, speed up the pulse, and raise blood pressure, which will increase the patient's body temperature and make him irritable. At the same time, tea water will affect the decomposition and absorption of drugs, reducing the efficacy of drugs.

When some children have a fever, parents often think that fever consumes nutrients, and not eating is even worse. So they force their children to eat, and some even try their best to feed them high-nutrition food. In fact, this approach is counterproductive. Not only does it fail to promote appetite, but it also makes the child lose appetite, and even causes vomiting, diarrhea, etc., making the condition worse.