The cold weather in winter has caused many people to catch colds. Cold is divided into wind cold cold and wind heat cold, and most people suffer from wind heat cold in winter. The symptoms of wind heat cold include severe fever, mild chills, and headache. Next, the encyclopedia will take you to learn about the dietary therapy for wind heat cold.
1. Mulberry Leaf Mint Drink
Ingredients: 5g mulberry leaves, 5g chrysanthemum, 3g mint, 30g bitter bamboo leaves.
Method: Wash the medicinal herbs with clean water, put them in a teapot, and soak them in boiling water for ten minutes. Drink them anytime.
Effect: This product has both a refreshing and detoxifying effect on wind heat colds, and can also be consumed as a preventive tea.
2. Double Flower Tea
Ingredients: 30g honeysuckle and 30g chrysanthemum each.
Method: Wash honeysuckle and chrysanthemum (add 15g of Campanula and 10g of Licorice for those with obvious sore throat), put them together in a clay pot, add about 100ml of water, boil over high heat for 10-15 minutes, cool down and drink. Take one dose per day for 2 to 3 consecutive days.
Effect: Honeysuckle has a sweet taste, a cold nature, can dispel wind heat, clear heat and detoxify; Chrysanthemums have the effects of dispersing wind heat, clearing the liver and improving vision, and lowering blood pressure. Honeysuckle and chrysanthemum combined have the effects of dispersing wind and heat, detoxifying, and benefiting the throat. Suitable for patients with symptoms such as fever, sore throat, and thick runny nose in the early stage of wind heat cold, or those who experience sore throat after eating food that has caused internal heat.
3. Sanhua Tea
Ingredients: 15g honeysuckle, 10g chrysanthemum, 3g jasmine.
Method: Put honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and jasmine into a tea cup, brew with boiling water, and let it steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve as a substitute for tea.
Effect: Clearing heat and detoxifying. Suitable for preventing and treating wind heat colds, sore throat, and abscesses caused by heat toxins. This tea is not only used for treatment, but also has a health promoting effect on reducing "fire" when consumed regularly for those with high levels of "fire qi".
