Generally speaking, after catching a cold, most people will choose to follow their doctor's advice and take medicine to relieve the symptoms. In fact, besides medication, eating fruits can also help treat a cold! What fruits are good to eat when you have a cold?
Pineapple
The bromelain contained in pineapple not only helps cold patients relieve symptoms of sore throat and cough, but can also effectively break down protein in food, increase intestinal motility, and enhance the body's immunity.
Pear
Pears are cool in nature and sweet in taste, and can promote the production of body fluids, clear heat, and resolve phlegm. It has a significant relieving effect on symptoms of wind-heat cold, fever with dry mouth, and cough with phlegm.
Sugarcane
Sugarcane is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and can clear heat and promote the production of body fluids. The book "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu" (Dietary Guide for a Peaceful Life) believes that sugarcane is beneficial for the throat. When suffering from a wind-heat cold with symptoms like a sore throat, dry mouth, and cough, eating sugarcane can clear heat and soothe the throat, alleviating the symptoms.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It contains a variety of nutrients such as carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, and niacin, and can help resolve phlegm, stop coughs, and benefit the lungs. However, because grapefruit is cold in nature, it should not be consumed in excess.
Citrus
Strongly acidic citrus fruits eaten with honey, or citrus juice mixed with honey and then steeped in hot water, are very effective for treating a sore throat.