What are the dietary treatments for baby colds?

As the saying goes, "All medicines are poisonous to some extent." When children catch a cold, taking medicines has certain side effects, and feeding children medicines is also a problem. However, treating them with diet therapy can have satisfactory results. The causes and symptoms of colds are complex and varied. Different measures should be taken to formulate dietary therapy according to different conditions. So, what are the dietary therapy methods for baby colds? What else should we pay attention to? The following article will give us a detailed introduction.

1. Cold

You can add 5 sections of scallion, 3 slices of ginger, and 30 grams of brown sugar to hot porridge or hot soup and boil it for 10 minutes. Take it while it is hot and cover yourself with a blanket to sweat. It is not advisable to eat too much cold food: such as persimmons, crabs, chicken, duck, pork, bananas, watermelons, etc.

2. Wind-heat cold

Boil 20 grams of honeysuckle, 20 grams of chrysanthemum, 10 grams of mint and 30 grams of honey and consume it 10 minutes after boiling. It is not advisable to eat too much food that warms and nourishes qi and blood, such as: longan, jujube, lychee, mutton, sea cucumber, and turtle.

3. Summer heat and dampness cold

Add 20 grams of white lentils and 15 grams of Elsholtzia to water and boil for 20 minutes. Take orally 3 times a day. You can also drink it together with watermelon juice and tomato juice. Foods that should not be eaten too much: Do not eat foods such as ginger, onion, brown sugar, raw, cold, greasy and other foods that are difficult to digest.

What are the dietary treatments for baby colds? Through the detailed explanation of the above article, I believe you have a certain understanding. The diet should be light, soft and thin: because the spleen and stomach functions of patients with colds are often affected, light, soft and thin foods are easy to digest and absorb, and can reduce the burden on the spleen and stomach. In addition, it is advisable to eat more fruits and vegetables: vegetables and fruits can promote appetite, help digestion, and supplement a large amount of vitamins and various trace elements needed by the human body.