What to eat for Wind-Heat Cold?
I. Dietary Therapy Recipes for Wind-Heat Cold (The following information is for reference only, please consult a doctor for details)
(1) Hangju Sugar Tea: 30g of Hangju chrysanthemum, appropriate amount of white sugar. Place Hangju chrysanthemum in a teapot, steep with boiling water, and add an appropriate amount of white sugar. It ventilates the lung qi to stop coughing, and clears the fire stagnation in the triple burner. Suitable for patients at the early stage of Wind-Heat Cold with headache and fever.
(2) Ginger Brown Sugar Tea: 10g of ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar. Slice the ginger, steep with boiling water, add a small amount of brown sugar, and drink as tea. It can dispel cold and release the exterior, warm the lungs to stop coughing, increase appetite, and treat Wind-Cold Cold.
(3) Mung Bean Congee: 50g of mung beans, 100g of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the mung beans and japonica rice, cook them into congee. When hot, add rock sugar, stir well, and it is ready to eat. It can clear heat, release the exterior, eliminate summer heat and promote urination, and is a good remedy for summer-heat dampness cold.
(4) Scallion "Immortal" Congee: 5-7 scallion stalks, 4 slices of ginger, 60g of glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rice vinegar. Peel, wash, and shred the ginger. Wash and chop the scallions. Wash the glutinous rice, put it in a pot with ginger, add an appropriate amount of clear water, and cook over low heat into a congee. Then add the chopped scallions and bring to a boil. Season, then add rice vinegar, and cook for a short while. It has the effects of releasing the exterior, unblocking yang, and treating cold damage headache and abdominal pain.
(5) Astragalus Ginger Jujube Congee: 15g of Astragalus root, 15g of jujubes, 3 slices of ginger. Wash and slice the Astragalus root. Wash the ginger and jujubes. Boil them together over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for about 1 hour. Drink the soup. It can increase appetite, dispel cold and release the exterior, and is a good remedy for Wind-Heat Cold.
(6) Winter Melon Lotus Leaf Lentil Congee: 500g of winter melon, 30g of white lentils, 15g of fresh lotus leaf. Wash the lentils, lotus leaf, and winter melon. Cut the winter melon (with skin) into small pieces. Put the lentils and lotus leaf in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then add the winter melon. Simmer over low heat for 1-2 hours, season and drink. It has the effects of clearing lung heat, transforming phlegm to stop coughing, and resolving Wind-Heat Cold.
(7) Stir-fried Green Chili with Douchi: 250g of green chili, 250g of douchi (fermented black beans), appropriate amount of cooking oil and refined salt. Stir-fry the green chili and douchi separately, then mix them together and stir-fry briefly, then season. It has the effects of releasing the exterior to relieve vexation, and promoting qi circulation to resolve toxins, treating cold damage with heat disease, and alternating chills and headache.
(8) Mint Congee: Decoct 15g of mint to get medicinal juice and let it cool. Cook 60g of japonica rice into congee with water. When the congee is almost done, add the mint juice and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Drink it slightly warm; sweating is the best result. Mint is a key herb for dispersing Wind-Heat. Making it into congee with japonica rice and rock sugar can promote sweating and also protect the stomach. This remedy is most suitable for those with a new Wind-Heat invasion.
II. What foods are good to eat for Wind-Heat Cold?
(1) You can supplement with easily digestible, high-calorie liquid and semi-liquid foods, such as congee, milk, soy milk, vegetable soup, vegetable juice, fruit juice, etc.
(2) Take more foods that have auxiliary therapeutic and anti-disease effects, such as: scallions, ginger, garlic, chili, perilla leaves, coriander, vinegar, etc. These foods can disperse Wind-Cold, promote qi circulation and strengthen the stomach, and are all excellent remedies for qi stagnation during a cold.
(3) Eat star fruit. Eat fresh, washed star fruit, which is effective for those with Wind-Heat Cold accompanied by cough and sore throat.
(4) For Wind-Heat Cold, it is advisable to eat pungent, cool foods that disperse Wind, clear heat, and benefit the throat, such as eating fresh pears raw.
III. What foods should you avoid when you have Wind-Heat Cold?
(1) Avoid greasy, sticky, and heating foods.
(2) The most important thing is not to eat coriander. Although it warms the middle and strengthens the stomach, people who are prone to colds often have qi deficiency, and eating coriander will make them more susceptible to colds.
(3) During the feverish period of Wind-Heat Cold, greasy and rich foods, as well as sweet foods should be avoided. Also avoid overly salty foods such as pickled vegetables and salted hairtail.
(4) Foods to avoid include: all tonifying foods, overly oily foods, sour foods, pork, duck, lamb, glutinous rice, Ophiopogon japonicus, placenta, shrimp roe, ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin, all kinds of sea fish, crab, pomegranate, dark plum, persimmon, persimmon cake, tofu, bean sprouts, honeysuckle, white chrysanthemum, radish, sweet potato, wax gourd, raw pear, cold tea, monk fruit.