What should the old man eat when he has a cold and fever?

In winter, elderly people in poor health are prone to catch a cold and have a fever. What should the elderly eat when they have a cold and fever? Dietotherapy is a good choice for treating cold and fever. Let's learn more about what to eat for the elderly with a cold and fever.

Food for the elderly with a cold and fever 1, boiled ginger with cola.

20-30g fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, put into a large bottle of Coca-Cola, boiled in aluminum pot, cooled and drunk while it is hot, which has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of influenza.

2, garlic honey

Mix the same amount of garlic paste with honey and take it with boiling water, one tablespoon each time, 4 to 6 times a day, which is effective for treating influenza.

3, sesame oil mixed with eggs

Heat one or two sesame oils, add a fresh egg, then rush into boiling water and stir well, then drink it while it is hot, once in the morning and once in the evening, and the cough after a cold can be cured in 2 to 3 days. Anyone who has a cold should distinguish between wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold and choose the following foods respectively.

4. energy

This product is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and has the functions of dispelling cold and sweating, relieving exterior syndrome and expelling wind, and is suitable for people with common cold and common cold. 3 pieces of ginger are commonly used in the people, and the right amount of brown sugar is taken with boiling water, commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea, which will be cured if you drink it often.

5, scallion

Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it can regulate body temperature, make sweat glands sweat normally, and relieve and prevent colds. Suitable for people with wind-cold type cold. In the folk, when you catch a cold for the first time, you often drink scallion and lobster sauce. You can also use 2~3 stems of shallots and 1 slice of ginger instead of tea. People who are weak or old and infirm, after catching a cold, are most suitable to cook 3~5 stems of scallion with rice into porridge and eat it often.

6.honeysuckle

It has the function of clearing away heat, and Chinese medicine is often used to treat wind-heat cold. For example, the Manual of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Guangzhou Army introduced that honeysuckle can clear away heat and toxic materials and treat exogenous fever and cough. Made into herbal tea, it can prevent heatstroke and catch cold. ? In summer, those who have wind-heat cold, fever and sore throat should make tea with honeysuckle and drink it often.

How to care for the elderly with cold and fever 1? First, relieve the symptoms of fever in the elderly by physical cooling. Soak the washed towel in warm water for about one minute, and then apply it to the old man's forehead. Pay attention to wiping and hot compress with warm water.

2. Secondly, patients may sweat when they sleep after taking the medicine. It is recommended not to cover too much bedding. At the same time, if the elderly sweat a lot, it is recommended to change underwear frequently and simply wipe it to prevent colds.

Finally, if the elderly sweat a lot, they should replenish water in time. Under normal circumstances, the metabolism in the body needs a lot of water, and the water added every day is more than usual. To relieve slow blood flow and weak heartbeat.

The solution of cold and fever in the elderly 1, the method of heat refrigeration.

Cold drugs can be used to reduce fever. This method is mainly suitable for patients with fever but not aversion to cold. Do you see it? Big four? Symptoms, that is, persistent high fever (excessive heat), hyperhidrosis (sweating), thirst for cold drinks (great thirst), and abundant pulse (large pulse), are symptoms of excessive heat and body fluid injury. At this time, you can't use sweating to reduce the fever. You should use sweet cold to reduce the fever, and you can treat it with Baihu Decoction. If you see symptoms such as persistent high fever, irritability, dry mouth and throat, dry stool, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating and strong pulse, it is a syndrome of excessive heat toxicity. When you use bitter cold to clear away heat, you can use Sanhuang tablets for treatment. You can also drink some cold drinks in your life, but because drugs and drinks are cold and easy to hurt your spleen and stomach, enough is enough. If the body temperature is above 38 degrees Celsius, physical cooling can also be used. You can put ice cubes on your forehead, armpits and other parts or use alcohol to wipe the bath to reduce the fever. In addition, you can also press Fengchi point or Quchi point 10 minute to achieve the effect of sweating and reducing fever.

2. Purging bowels and relieving heat

Also known as? What is the bottom line? In other words, use bitter and cold drugs to relieve constipation and achieve the purpose of reducing fever. This method is mainly suitable for patients with high fever and constipation. Even patients have symptoms such as gibberish, yellow and rough tongue coating and tingling. At this time, we should use both heat-clearing drugs and laxative drugs. After the stool is discharged, the fever will drop. This is the function of dredging stool and purging heat, so that pathogenic heat can be removed from bottom to top, and the purpose of reducing fever can be achieved. Clinically, Fangfeng Tongsheng Pill can be used for treatment. You can also eat watermelon or food that is easy to have diarrhea, but be careful not to have excessive diarrhea. In addition, massage Shu Tian, Dachangshu, Daheng, Neiting and other acupoints can also play the role of clearing fu-organs and relieving summer heat.

Step 3 nourish yin and clear heat

That is to say, yin-nourishing drugs are used to treat yin deficiency and fever. Mainly suitable for chest fever, fever of hands and feet caused by yin deficiency, accompanied by symptoms such as irritability and discomfort, night sweat, etc. It is more common in people with thin bodies, and it is also common in patients with chronic wasting diseases such as tuberculosis and tumors. At this time, it is not appropriate to apply the above methods, but should nourish yin and clear heat, and can be treated with Baizhi Dihuang Pill or Dabuyin Pill. You can also massage acupoints such as Zhao Hai, Taixi, Yongquan and Sanyinjiao, and eat more fresh lotus roots, water chestnuts and pears.