What should children not eat when they have measles?

Measles in children is mainly caused by bacterial and viral infections due to sweating. At this time, you should pay attention to skin hygiene, avoid wearing cotton fabrics, etc., and then use dexamethasone, combined with oral chlorpheniramine tablets and other drugs for treatment. However, when children have measles, they need to pay attention to their diet and avoid eating irritating foods or foods containing allergens, such as lamb and eggs.

1. Avoid eating mutton. Mutton is a warming and nourishing food. The "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" says: Those who have contracted external pathogens should avoid taking it. Measles should also be regarded as a disease caused by exogenous evil, which is a measles viral infectious disease. Mutton is hot in nature and helps to increase fire, so it should be avoided.

2. Avoid eating eggs. During the measles period, children should eat a light diet. Eggs are good for nourishing the body, but the “Sui Xi Ju Diet” says: Eating too much of them can cause wind and block the qi. "Dietary Tips" also says: Children suffering from smallpox should not only avoid eating, but also avoid smelling. Therefore, children with measles should avoid eating it.

3. Avoid eating dog meat. Dog meat is a warming and nourishing food. During the measles period, you should only eat a light diet and avoid eating warm and nourishing foods. Dog meat is warm in nature. Eating it can easily cause fever, fire, phlegm and thirst. It is not suitable for people with heat and fire symptoms. Children with measles will inevitably have a fever. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: Eating it after having a fever can kill people. Therefore, it is not suitable to eat it during the measles period or the measles recovery period.

4. Avoid eating cinnamon. Cinnamon, also known as cinnamon bark, is a commonly used seasoning. It is very hot in nature and pungent and sweet in taste, and has the function of tonifying yang and warming the interior, but it also has the disadvantages of being pungent, sweet, very hot, increasing fire, being dry and intense, depleting yin and stirring blood. Therefore, during the period of measles fever, children should not eat spices such as cinnamon.

5. Avoid eating cloves. Cloves are one of the main ingredients of allspice. It is warm in nature, spicy in taste, and helpful in relieving heat and internal heat. Therefore, "Bencao Jingshu" points out that anyone with heat symptoms should avoid it. Especially during the measles fever period of children, it is not advisable to consume spiced condiments containing cloves.

6. Avoid eating ginseng. Ginseng is warm in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and is a warming and tonic Chinese medicine. When a child has measles, he or she should only eat light food or food that can induce measles. He or she should not eat warm or hot food, especially food such as ginseng, which is hot and helps fire, consumes fluids and damages yin.

In addition, children with measles should avoid eating sour pomegranates, plums, prunes, chili peppers, fennel, pepper, Sichuan pepper, garlic, leeks, onions, amaranth, beef, venison, fatty meat, lard, roast duck, roast goose, fried dough sticks, glutinous rice, rice cakes, fried peanuts, fried melon seeds, fried soybeans, astragalus, polygonatum, white peony, etc.