Can children eat mangoes when they have a cold? What should they eat?

Children have weaker resistance and are very susceptible to illness during the cold season. From a TCM perspective, since children have stronger yang energy, colds are mostly caused by internal heat. To treat a cough, you should focus on foods that clear away heat and detoxify, while eating more vegetables and fruits. So, as mango is a nutritious fruit, can children eat it when they have a cold? What is the best way to eat it?

1. Can children eat mangoes when they have a cold?

Children can eat mangoes when they have a cold, but if the child has an allergic constitution or the cold is related to allergies, they should not eat mangoes. Mango fruit has extremely high nutritional value, with a vitamin A content of up to 3.8%, which is 1 times more than that of apricots. The vitamin C content also exceeds that of oranges and strawberries. Mango contains sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, all of which are necessary for the human body.

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic

When children catch a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can play a good therapeutic role. If the child also has a cough, add 2-3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together over low heat for 10 minutes to cook off the spiciness of the garlic.

2. Steamed Garlic Water

Take 2-3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to the child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2-3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs, and it is convenient and simple.

3. Roasted oranges

Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them constantly, until the peels turn black and steam comes out of the oranges. Wait for the oranges to cool down a bit, peel the peel, and let the children eat the warm orange segments. If it is a big orange, the child can eat 2-3 petals at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2-3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, and the antitussive effect is very obvious.

4. Scrambled eggs with sesame oil and minced ginger

Put a small spoonful of sesame oil into the wok, add the minced ginger when the oil is hot, fry it in the oil for a while, then beat in an egg and stir well. When children have a cough due to cold or physical weakness, let them eat this medicine once every night while it is hot before going to bed. If you persist in eating this medicine for a few days, you will see obvious results.

5. Pear + Sichuan pepper + rock sugar

Wash a pear, cut it in half horizontally and remove the core. Add 20 peppercorns and 2 crystal sugars, then put the pear in half and steam it for about half an hour. One pear can be eaten in two times. Steamed pears with pepper and rock sugar are very effective in treating cold and cough.