Can children eat watermelon when they have a cold?

When the seasons change, children are particularly prone to cold symptoms. This is mainly due to viral infections or catching a cold. Parents will feel that their children's mental state may not be so good after a cold. This is mainly because the whole person will be particularly exhausted after a cold. Therefore, parents must make certain restrictions on their children's diet and try not to let them eat foods that are particularly bad for colds. For example, it is best not to eat watermelon.

Do not eat watermelon during a cold or fever as it may cause indigestion. Watermelon is rich in nutrients. According to Chinese medicine, watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating restlessness and relieving cough, and promoting urination. It is the best fruit in summer. Don't eat watermelon without moderation. Eating too much can damage the spleen and stomach and easily cause pharyngitis, especially in the early stages of a cold. Eating watermelon in the early stages of a cold can make the cold worse or prolong the time to recovery.

Eating watermelon when you have a fever is very beneficial. But don't eat too cold food. You can heat it up before letting your child eat it. When a cold worsens with symptoms such as high fever, thirst, and sore throat, eating some watermelon while taking normal medication can help treat the cold. At the same time, use Bingbing cooling patch to reduce fever. Bingbing cooling patch can quickly reduce fever and protect the brain, effectively reducing brain damage

Eating watermelon is very beneficial when you have a cold or fever. But don't eat too much to avoid diarrhea. You can eat watermelon when you have a fever, as it is diuretic. However, don't eat watermelon that has been refrigerated. Watermelon is cool in nature, so it's best not to eat it when you have a cold. However, when the cold worsens and symptoms such as high fever, thirst, and sore throat appear, eating some watermelon while taking normal medication will help treat the cold.

1. Don’t eat too much, otherwise it will damage your spleen and stomach and cause pharyngitis. Watermelon is a cold food. Eating too much watermelon can easily damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, and loose stools should eat less watermelon. Eating too much watermelon will cause abdominal distension, diarrhea, decreased appetite, and accumulation of cold and dampness, leading to disease. If you eat too much watermelon at one time, the large amount of water in the watermelon will dilute the gastric juice, causing indigestion and decreased gastrointestinal resistance.

2. Do not eat watermelon in the early stage of a cold, otherwise it will make the cold worse or prolong the recovery time. Whether it is a wind-cold cold or a wind-heat cold, its early stages are all external symptoms and should be treated with dispersing methods to eliminate the pathogenic factors from the surface. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the interior should not be attacked until the exterior is resolved, otherwise the exterior evil will enter the interior and the condition will worsen. In the early stages of a cold, when the pathogens are on the surface, eating watermelon is equivalent to taking medicine to clear internal heat, which will draw the pathogens into the interior, making the cold worse or prolonging the time to cure. However, when the cold worsens and symptoms such as high fever, thirst, sore throat, and yellow or red urine appear, you can eat some watermelon while taking normal medication to help cure the cold.

Because watermelon itself is a cold food, if you eat too much, it will cause indigestion, and even directly aggravate your child's diarrhea and high fever. Patients with wind-heat cold should not eat watermelon. However, you can still eat some watermelon while taking medicine, but you cannot eat iced watermelon.