What can't you eat when you have a cold

Speaking of the disease of cold, I believe many people are not unfamiliar with it. Because colds are a very common disease, they are closely related to weather changes. Especially in cold seasons such as autumn and winter, colds and flu are very common. Therefore, if you have such diseases, in addition to seeking medical treatment in time, you also need to adjust through proper diet. So what is good to eat when you have a cold? What are the taboos? What can't you eat when you have a cold?

If you have a cold or flu, in addition to getting enough rest, you also need to adjust your diet. Generally speaking, if you have a cold, it is best to eat some ginger, onions and other foods to help relieve symptoms such as fever. However, some foods cannot be eaten, and eating them will make the disease worse. Below I will give you a detailed introduction on what you should not eat when you have a cold.

What is a cold? A cold is a cold caused by wind and cold. It is more common in winter and spring when the weather is cold. If the cold is not serious, it can be treated through diet. If it is serious, medical treatment is required and it can usually be cured within a week. So what should you eat when you have a cold? What are the dietary treatments for a cold?

Diet therapy for colds:

Cold caused by wind and cold: Characterized by fever, no sweating, body aches, aversion to cold, runny nose, etc., it is advisable to choose more medicines with pungent and warm sweating effects such as ginger and scallion as medicinal diet:

1. Magical porridge: 50-100 grams of rice and 3 grams of ginger, put into a casserole and cook for 1-2 boils, then put in 5-7 pieces of scallion with roots, when the porridge is almost cooked, add 10-15 ml of rice vinegar and cook for a while. This porridge should be consumed while hot. After eating, you should cover yourself with a blanket and lie down until you sweat slightly.

2. Schizonepeta and Saposhnikovia porridge: 10 grams of Schizonepeta, 12 grams of Saposhnikovia, 5 grams of mint, 8 grams of light fermented black beans, 80 grams of polished rice, and 20 grams of white sugar. Boil the first 4 herbs in water, remove the residue and take the juice; then add the water to cook rice into porridge, add the juice and sugar.

3. Perilla mint porridge: 6 grams of perilla, 4.5 grams of mint, 6 grams of ginger, and 70 grams of japonica rice. Wash and chop the perilla and mint, add them together with ginger into boiling rice porridge and cook for a while, then drink it while it is hot. This prescription has the effects of dispersing wind and cold, regulating the Ying and Wei, and warming the stomach.

4. Flour and brown sugar porridge: appropriate amount of wheat flour and water, heat until the porridge is cooked. 5 slices of ginger, 2 scallions with roots, all crushed into a paste, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Add ginger, scallion and brown sugar to boiling hot porridge, drink it while hot, and cover yourself with a blanket to induce sweating. This prescription is especially suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach but not too severe cold.

5. Three-white porridge: 100 grams of white radish, 60 grams of Imperata root, and 20 grams of green onion with roots. Remove the soil from the herbs, wash them clean, mash them into a paste, add appropriate amounts of brown sugar, flour, and cold water, heat to boil, take it while hot, and induce sweating. This porridge has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving exterior symptoms, and can be used as an auxiliary treatment.

6. Ginger fried rice porridge: Slice 30-50 grams of ginger, add 50 grams of fried rice, cook into porridge, season with salt and eat.

What should not be eaten when suffering from cold

Specifically, during a cold, avoid eating or eating too much duck meat, pork, mutton, dog meat, turtle, clams, vinegar, persimmon and other foods. Because the cold is an external disease, treatment should focus on dispersing and relieving the symptoms.

Dietary taboos for colds:

1. Pork is fatty and greasy, which promotes dampness and phlegm, and can cause wind and dampness. 2. Mutton is sweet and warm, which tends to warm the middle and lower parts of the body, and has the disadvantage of restraining evil. 3. Dog meat is also warm in nature, which can easily promote heat and generate fire, so it is contraindicated for patients with heat syndrome. Turtle is sweet, moist and greasy, which has the disadvantage of restraining evil. 4. Duck meat is cool in nature, greasy and stagnant, which can easily cause laxative effects and restrain evil. 5. Vinegar is sour and astringent, which can easily cause stagnation of qi and retention of enemies after eating. Persimmons are cold and astringent in nature, and eating too much of them can easily restrain evil. 6. Clams, also known as river clams, are cold in nature and have the power to nourish yin and cool down the body. Eating too much of them will hinder the dispersal of external evils.

Therefore, the above foods are all taboos for colds. Ingestion by mistake or excessive intake is often not conducive to the dispersal of external evils and can sometimes even aggravate the condition, so attention should be paid.

If you don't want to be troubled by colds all the time, daily prevention is essential: 1. Keep a distance of more than 1 meter from the patient. 2. Wash your hands frequently. Some viruses can survive for 3 hours in places touched by the patient's hands. Only people who wash their hands frequently can stay away from colds. In addition, do not develop the bad habit of rubbing your nose or picking your nostrils, as this can easily bring the virus on your hands to the most contagious parts. 3. Drink more water. Drinking plenty of water can carry the virus out of the body and prevent dehydration (one of the complications of colds). 4. Ensure adequate sleep. American researchers once conducted an experiment in which they asked volunteers to sleep only in the second half of the night. The next day, their immunity decreased by 30%. Then, they were asked to sleep for 8 hours, and it was found that their immunity was fully restored.

After reading the detailed explanation above about the answer to the question of what not to eat when suffering from a cold, I believe everyone has a general understanding. If you have a cold or other illness, you should eat a lighter diet and avoid greasy food. You should also try to eat less mutton, dog meat, and duck meat. In addition, you should drink more water and ensure adequate sleep, so that you can recover quickly.