Why be afraid of a cold? Drinking soup can cure it!

Colds are a common disease in life and pose a great threat to human health, especially when the weather is changeable in autumn and winter. All medicines are poisonous. Don’t rush to take medicine if you have a cold. Many foods in life can effectively treat colds. Here are some soups that can help treat colds.

1. Spinach and Pork Liver Soup

Ingredients: spinach, pork liver, ginger slices, a little lard, and salt.

Method: Wash the liver, filter out the blood and slice it. After slicing, marinate the liver with a little white vinegar and rinse it with clean water. Put the pork liver in a bowl, pour boiling water into it and then pour out the water, and repeat this several times. Put lard and ginger slices into the pot, stir-fry until fragrant, then add water. After the water boils, add spinach, salt and pork liver, mix well and cook for 1 minute.

Efficacy: Pork liver is rich in copper. Drinking more pork liver soup is not only nutritious, but the copper can accumulate on the surface of the cold virus. Combined with the attack of vitamin C, the cold virus will be killed.

2. Coriander, radish and black bean soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of coriander, 10 grams of light black beans, 1 white radish, 30 grams of onion, 3 slices of ginger, 1 scallion, and a little mustard.

Method: First cut the white radish into pieces and cook it, then add the remaining ingredients and cook for a few minutes before eating.

Efficacy: Radish is rich in vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve disease resistance. It can be used to treat pharyngitis, hoarseness, and aphonia.

3. Ham, tofu and mustard greens soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of tofu, 50 grams of ham, 1000 grams of broth, 10 grams of ginger, 30 grams of mustard greens, and appropriate amount of salt.

Method: Take some tofu, cut it into cubes, cut the ham into shreds, put them together and stir-fry them with a little vegetable oil, then add the broth and ginger and boil them, then add mustard greens, pepper powder and chopped coriander before removing the pot from the heat, and season with salt before serving.

Efficacy: In addition to fear of cold and body aches, colds are often accompanied by loss of appetite, cold stomach and tasteless mouth. This soup uses mustard greens, coriander, ginger and pepper to dispel cold, and adds tofu and ham to nourish the stomach, increase appetite, and further accelerate the body's self-recovery function.

4. Fish head soup with angelica, coriander and garlic

Ingredients: 10 grams of Angelica dahurica (available at Chinese medicine stores), 30-40 grams of coriander, 1 fish head, 100 grams of pork fat, and 5 slices of ginger.

Preparation: Wash all ingredients, cut the fish head in half towards the gills, and cut the pork fat into thin slices. First, put Angelica dahurica into a clay pot, add 1500 ml (6 bowls) of water and boil for 10 minutes. Filter out the liquid and put it into an iron wok. Add ginger and bring to a boil. Then add fish head and pork fat and boil until cooked. Add coriander and salt. This amount is enough for 3-4 people.

Efficacy: The traditional Chinese medicine Angelica dahurica is an antipyretic drug. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It has the effects of dispelling wind and dryness, draining pus and relieving pain. It is often used for colds, headaches, nasal congestion, and brow pain. Its spicy and fragrant aroma has a strong effect of promoting qi and clearing the orifices and relieving pain. With the fish head rolled in coriander, which can absorb sweat, it is spicy and pleasant, can drive away heat and accumulate heat, and is very effective for the initial stage of colds, nasal discomfort, runny nose and wind-heat colds.