Diet therapy for children's colds and flu

Once a child catches a cold, parents will be very worried and anxious. Sometimes they will go directly to the pharmacy to buy some medicine. However, I hope parents and friends can understand that colds in children can be said to be a common problem, but you cannot be blind about taking medicine, because sometimes it has a greater impact and side effects on children. If you discover it at the beginning, pay attention to the dietary therapy methods introduced below, which can have a very good effect.

(1) Magical Porridge: Add 50-100g of rice and 3g of ginger into a casserole and boil for 1-2 times. Add 5-7 pieces of green onion with roots. When the porridge is almost cooked, add 10-15ml 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) Ginger and Sugar Drink: Wash and cut 10g of ginger into shreds, put into a cup of water, pour boiling water over it, cover and soak for 5 minutes, then add 15g of brown sugar, drink it while it is hot, and cover yourself with a blanket to induce sweating.

(3) Cabbage root and ginger drink: 1 cabbage stem and 1 radish root, cut into thick slices, add 3 slices of ginger, 50 grams of brown sugar, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 3 to 5 minutes, and drink hot to induce sweating.

(4) Schizonepeta and Saposhnikovia porridge: 10g Schizonepeta, 12g Saposhnikovia, 5g Menthus, 8g Light black beans, 80g glutinous rice, 20g 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.

(5) Scallion drink: Boil cilantro roots, scallion whiskers, and cabbage heads in water, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and drink it instead of tea. It has the effect of inducing sweating, relieving exterior symptoms, and clearing the nasal passages. It is especially suitable for infantile rash.

(6) Common household medicines: Zheng Chaihuang, Aichang, Xikelao, etc.

Because diet therapy can be said to be a very good treatment method for diseases, it will not produce side effects or other adverse effects. Therefore, in daily life, parents must pay attention to this issue when taking care of their children, so as to better help their children stay away from colds and the adverse effects and harms they bring.