During the peak season of influenza, the more people in the body, the more people will have symptoms of coughing and runny nose. If you want to strengthen your body to prevent illness, or if you have been infected with influenza and have a chronic cough, what can you eat to prevent the disease and relieve cough to speed up recovery? Registered Chinese Physician Liang Yinqian (Cinci) shared 3 types of soup and tea therapy to prevent influenza, as well as dietary taboos after influenza infection, and taught the symptoms of cold cough, hot cough, and dry cough, and listed cough and sore throat relief Food, let strengthen resistance, speed up recovery.
3 soups and teas to prevent flu, strengthen the lungs and strengthen the spleen and stomach
Registered Chinese Physician Liang Yinqian“CheckCheckCin” facebook pageInfluenza is a “seasonal cold” in the theory of Chinese medicine, and the cause is the symptoms of influenza due to feeling the unhealthy Qi of the four seasons. Those with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, children, pregnant women or those with chronic illnesses should be especially careful, as they are prone to serious complications after contracting the flu.
[Same Field Gayon]Cold VS Flu Symptoms
3 Foods to Prevent the Flu
Physician Liang Yinqian pointed out that if you want to strengthen your body to prevent diseases and fight against flu, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that “righteousness exists in the body, and evil cannot be done.” It means that if there is enough righteousness in the body, evil will not be able to take advantage of it. Therefore, the key to preventing flu is to improve the body’s functions And strengthen the body to prevent diseases. She recommends 3 diets, which can help to improve the function of the spleen and lungs, enhance the righteousness in the body, and reduce the chance of catching a cold.
Simple rice water for strengthening body, Yupingfeng tea, carrot, apple, potato, and heterophylla ginseng soup. The functions, ingredients, and methods are as follows:
Dr. Leung said that TCM theory believes that “spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow” and “spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry”. Maintaining the spleen and stomach is equivalent to maintaining a healthy digestive system, so that the nutrients in food can be properly absorbed, nourishing the body, and maintaining health Lay the foundation.
If you want to strengthen your body against the flu, drinking health-care soup is one of the ways. She recommends adding appropriate ingredients that invigorate the spleen and strengthen the lungs, such as lotus root, poria cocos, white lentils, lentil skin, etc. However, she reminded that those who have already suffered from a cold or flu should not drink health soup until they recover.
Infected Influenza Conditioning Diet Taboo
Physician Liang Yinqian said that during the flu epidemic, if you find yourself with fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, vomiting or diarrhea and other initial symptoms, you should seek medical attention immediately. The most important thing to do when you have the flu is to rest and stop drinking.
Can’t drink tonic chicken soup if you have the flu?Dr. Leung pointed out that some people give tonic soup and chicken soup to flu patients, but in fact, tonic is like fighting a fire during illness, and it will make the condition worse. When you have the flu, you should eat a light diet, keep warm and keep the indoor air circulating to help you recover.
Influenza patients’ dietary taboos and food avoidance list
Lifestyle management for flu patients:
- Take plenty of rest and keep warm, but it is not advisable to wear thick clothes to make you sweat
- Keep the air circulating in the room, but the body should not be blown directly
- Change dry clothes in time after sweating
Cough and Cough Diet Method for Chronic Cough After Infection
Physician Liang Yinqian said that after a cold or flu, the persistent cough may be due to unresolved pathogens, and more people have not stopped coughing. Eating raw or cold or spicy and greasy food will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, delay the recovery of the body, and drag the end of the cough.
Doctors pointed out that cough can be simply divided into three types: wind-cold, wind-heat and wind-dryness cough. The principles of quitting the three types of coughs are different. You must first identify which kind of cough you have, eat suitable foods in moderation, and quit foods that you should avoid to help relieve your cough.
Cold cough/hot cough/dry cough symptoms + dietary taboos
1. Symptoms of wind-cold (cold cough) + dietary taboos
2. Symptoms of wind-heat (hot cough) + dietary taboos
3. Symptoms of wind-dryness (dry cough) + dietary taboos
The content is reproduced with the authorization of Liang Yinqian, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner
Liang Yinqian (Cinci EC): Registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Hong Kong, graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in the United States, a Bachelor of Chinese Medicine from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Moxibustion from the Chinese University. She is the author of the “Drinking Soup” series and a mother of two children.
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