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What should I eat if I catch a cold in winter?

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Asked on:Apr 03, 2026 11:24 AM

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  • Flavia Flavia

    Apr 03, 2026

      (1) Wind and cold cough

      Wind-cold cough is caused by exogenous wind-cold and mainly manifests as coughing, white and thin phlegm, nasal congestion and runny nose, itchy throat, aversion to cold and headache, bone pain all over the body, thin white tongue coating, and floating and tight pulse.

      Diet therapy methods:

      (1) Brown sugar, ginger and jujube soup: 30g of brown sugar, 10g of ginger and 30g of red jujube. Add three bowls of water and fry till one bowl. Take the juice and drink it warmly. Slight sweating will subside after taking it.

      (2) Ginger and apricot porridge: 15g almonds (peeled and mashed), 50g japonica rice, washed and placed in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 20 minutes, add 6g ginger (peeled, cut into shreds) and cook for more than 10 minutes, then drink warmly, twice a day.

      (3) Xingsu cake: Take an appropriate amount of flour, ferment it overnight, knead it into dough, and divide it into 3 to 5 balls. Take 15g almonds (peeled and ground into powder), add appropriate amount of brown sugar, mix well, sprinkle on the cake surface, then wrap the cake surface with washed fresh perilla leaves (3~5 pieces), steam it in a casserole, and eat after it is cooked.

      (2) Wind-heat cough

      Wind-heat cough is also caused by exogenous wind-heat. The main symptoms include coughing, yellow and thick phlegm that is difficult to spit out, or a small amount of blood, stuffy nose and runny nose, dry mouth, dry throat and sore throat, or fever and wind, headache and sweating, red tongue, thin yellow coating, and floating pulse.

      Diet therapy methods:

      (1) Mulberry, chrysanthemum and almond tea: 10g of mulberry leaves, 10g of chrysanthemums, and 10g of almonds (peeled and mashed). Put the three together in a pot and boil for 20 to 30 minutes. Take the juice and add 15g of honey and drink it warmly.

      (2) Libei Soup: 100g Yali (wash, core and slice), 6g Sichuan Fritillaria (mashed), 10g Platycodon 10g, put them together in a casserole and simmer for 20 minutes, then add 10g chrysanthemum, cook for another 10 minutes to remove the residue and extract the juice, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and serve warmly.

      (3) Hot cough

      Hot cough mainly occurs in autumn. clinical It is further divided into cool dryness (mostly occurring around the beginning of autumn) and warm dryness (mostly occurring before the beginning of winter). The main symptoms are dry cough with no or little phlegm, or sticky phlegm that is difficult to come out, dry mouth and nose, dry throat and sore throat, hoarse voice, red tongue tip, thin and dry coating, and floating pulse.

      Diet therapy methods:

      (1) Pear Stewed Mushrooms: Peel and cut 2 to 3 pears into slices, wash and cut 20g of mushrooms, add appropriate amount of water and rock sugar and stew them together. After they are cooked, take them twice in the morning and in the evening. The effect will usually be seen in two or three days.

      (2) Stewed Sydney Pear with Almonds: 15g almonds (peeled and mashed), 1 Sydney pear, peeled and sliced, add 20g rock sugar, appropriate amount of water, simmer in water for 1 to 2 hours, take once a day in the morning and evening for 3 days.

      (3) Sichuan scallop stewed with snow pear: Peel 1 Sydney pear and cut it horizontally, remove the core and add 6g of minced Sichuan scallop. Put the two pieces together and fix them with toothpicks. Add 20g of rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water. Stew in water for 1 hour. Eat pear and drink soup, 1 pear a day for 3 to 5 days.

      (4) Snow pear stewed with white fungus and rock sugar: 5g white fungus, 1 snow pear (peeled and sliced), 10 lotus seeds, appropriate amount of rock sugar, stew in water for 1 hour, take several times a day.

      treat cold There are many dietary therapy methods, but different causes of colds require different dietary therapies to treat symptoms. The most important thing is to strengthen your physical fitness.