Summer Cold Prevention: 6 Most Effective Fruits

In hot summer weather, overindulging in coolness can easily trigger a cold. Many people immediately take medicine when they catch a cold, but this can actually weaken the body's resistance. In fact, many foods around us can help prevent and treat colds, safely and effectively. Below are some fruits recommended for cold patients, which are very helpful for recovery.

1. Pear

Pears are the most commonly used fruit for relieving coughs in folk medicine, with the effects of promoting saliva production to quench thirst, clearing heat, and stopping coughs. There are many ways to prepare them: they can be simmered with Chuanbei (Fritillaria cirrhosa bulb), rock sugar, or honey; or the core can be removed, rock sugar and Fritillaria powder added, and then steamed for direct consumption. Both methods are effective.

2. Apple

The common preparation is to simmer it with soaked tremella, goji berries, and red dates to make a soup, which has the effect of moistening the lungs and stopping coughs. You can also drink apple juice, which has a certain effect on treating hoarseness and preventing coughs.

Apple Sauce

3. Water Chestnut

It can be eaten raw, boiled, or stir-fried, but it is best to eat it steamed or boiled. It can also be peeled and juiced. It can treat a sore throat and has a辅助 effect on treating colds and coughs.

4. Pineapple

Pineapples contain almost all the vitamins the human body needs, 16 natural minerals, and can effectively help with digestion and absorption. The bromelain 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.

Healthy and Beauty-Preserving Pineapple Rice

5. Sugarcane

Sugarcane is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and can clear heat and promote saliva production. The book "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu" (Dietary Guide for Daily Living) believes that sugarcane has the effect of "benefiting 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.

6. Watermelon

Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and has the function of clearing heat and relieving summer heat. When suffering from a wind-heat cold in the summer, eating watermelon can quench thirst and remove summer heat. The "Dian Nan Ben Cao" (Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan) says watermelon can "treat all types of heat syndromes."

Bubbly Watermelon Juice