2. When you feel a little unwell and don't have time to go to the hospital, you might as well try earthwork and folk remedies:
Experts: Yin Zhichao, researcher of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yang Shuying, director of Zhao Huayisheng Health Management Agency.
Hot air blows on the surface. At the beginning of a cold, you can use a hair dryer to blow hot air on your temples for 3 to 5 minutes each time, several times a day, which can alleviate symptoms and accelerate recovery.
White wine wipes the body. Soak copper coins, coins and other smooth hard objects in Chinese liquor, gently scrape the chest, curved pool and lower limbs until the skin is red and hot, then drink a bowl of hot ginger juice, and sweat like rain after about 15 minutes. After sweating, the whole body is relaxed and comfortable. Pay attention to avoid the cold at this time, and the cold will soon get better.
Hot compress with a towel. When you have a cold and headache, put a clean towel in the washbasin, soak it in proper amount of hot water, wring out a little water, and put it flat on the wind pool point of the patient's eyes, nose or head and neck to relieve the symptoms.
Wine therapy. Boil 25 ml of wine in a pot, evaporate the alcohol, add 1 egg, and add 1 spoon of sugar. Dilute with boiling water when taking, and then cover with a quilt to rest. The next day, symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose and sore throat can be obviously alleviated or disappeared. Some people can take effect once they have a cold.
Ginger pear water. Take 1 pear, 25g ginger, cut into thin slices, add 1 bowl of water, decoct and take it all at once, and it will take effect on the same day.
Ginger tea with onion. Take scallion 100g and 3 slices of ginger and take them with decoction or boiled water. Or use 20 grams of onion, 5 slices of ginger, sugar 1 spoon, a pinch of tea and water 1 bowl for decoction.
Boil water with peanut shells. 20 peanut shells and 3 scallions (with whiskers), washed with clear water, put into a pot, add appropriate amount of cold water, boil and fry with slow fire 15 minutes, filter out the soup, drink it while it is hot, and add clothes and quilts in time to make your head and body slightly sweaty.
Wine bath method. Wipe the patient's joints and other parts, such as under the ear root, both sides of the neck, armpit, inner arm, wrist, thigh root, inner knee, both sides of ankle, foot center, etc. Dip gauze in wine (high-concentration wine) for 30-40 times, and then sleep with it covered. This method is especially suitable for women who have a cold during pregnancy and can't take medicine.
Scallion and pepper noodle soup. Cook 1 bowl of noodles in hot soup, add scallion and pepper noodles, mix well, eat while it is hot, lie down with a quilt, and the sweat will heal. It can warm exterior, eliminate phlegm and detoxify. Treat common cold caused by wind-cold attacking exterior.
Symptomatic diet can also cure colds.
Although Chinese medicine has the saying that "getting angry" leads to colds, there are still categories of people who catch colds. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of colds: wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold and gastrointestinal cold, and the precautions for these three kinds of colds are also different.
■ Cold and cold
Most people who catch a cold have a cold. According to experts, people with cold and cold should not eat more meat such as chicken, duck and fish, and their diet should be light. They should eat more sweating and cold-dispelling foods, such as pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, tofu, fresh ginger, brown sugar water and so on.
In addition, two foods commonly used in daily life also have excellent effects on preventing and treating colds:
(1) ginger. 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.
(2) 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.
In addition, it should be pointed out that some people think that drinking chicken soup and bone soup can help people drive away the cold when they have a cold. Experts pointed out that drinking chicken soup when you have a cold is tantamount to "adding fuel to the fire", because warm food such as chicken soup is easy to aggravate a cold. Patients can drink more soup cooked with vegetables.
■ Wind-heat cold
People with wind-heat colds tend to "clear away heat" in their diet. Experts say that people with wind-heat colds should eat more foods that help dispel wind and clear heat, such as mung beans, radishes, Chinese cabbage, cabbage roots, mint and tea. And you can cook porridge with fresh pear juice and rice and eat it while it is hot. In addition, pears can play the role of "relieving exterior syndrome" and "resolving phlegm", so eat more.
It should be emphasized that during a cold, you should try to eat less or not to eat high-fat, high-protein and spicy foods, and don't drink alcoholic beverages, otherwise it will easily lead to aggravation of the disease. Diet should be light and not greasy, which not only meets nutritional needs, but also increases appetite. To ensure water supply, you can drink more acidic juice, such as hawthorn juice, kiwi fruit juice, jujube juice, etc., to increase your appetite.
■ Gastrointestinal cold
Patients with gastrointestinal cold are suitable for eating bitter food. They can drink chrysanthemum and Longjing tea, or replace tea with mung beans and brown sugar, and eat more vegetables and fruits rich in calcium, zinc and vitamins, such as radish, pear, kiwi fruit and various mushrooms, which can relieve cold symptoms. In addition, drink plenty of boiled water after catching a cold to accelerate the excretion of metabolites and relieve cold symptoms.