Although Chinese medicine has the saying of “no internal heat without external sensation” for colds, which is attributed to “internal heat”, there are still categories of people who have colds. Generally speaking, colds can be divided into three categories: wind-cold colds, wind-heat colds and gastrointestinal colds, and there are different dietary considerations for these three types of cold people. Wind-cold cold People who have a cold, mostly wind-cold cold. People with wind-cold colds should not eat more meat and meat such as chicken, duck and fish, and their diet should be light, and they should eat more sweat-dispersing foods, such as chili, green onion, ginger, garlic, tofu, fresh ginger and brown sugar water, etc. In addition, two commonly used foods in daily life have excellent effects on the prevention and treatment of colds: (1) ginger. Warm in nature and pungent in taste, it has the function of dispersing cold and sweating, relieving the surface and dispelling wind, suitable for people with wind-cold colds. Folk often ginger 3 slices, brown sugar, boiling water, commonly known as ginger brown sugar tea, drink frequently, sweat is cured. (2) white onion. Warm in nature, pungent in taste, has the function of regulating body temperature, making the sweat glands work properly, and can reduce and prevent the occurrence of cold and flu. It is suitable for people with wind-cold type cold and flu. In folklore, it is common to drink white onion together with onion head and edamame in decoction at the beginning of cold and flu. You can also use 2~3 stems of fine onion and drink it with 1 slice of ginger as tea. For people who are weak or old and have a cold, it is best to use 3~5 stems of white onion and cook it with rice to make a thin porridge and eat it frequently. In addition, it should be noted that some people believe that drinking chicken soup and bone broth can help people get rid of cold when they have a cold. Drinking chicken soup when you have a cold is like pouring oil on the fire, because chicken soup and other foods are warm and tonic in nature, which may lead to the aggravation of the cold, so patients can drink more soups cooked with vegetables. Wind-heat colds Wind-heat colds tend to be “heat-clearing” in terms of diet. Patients with wind-heat cold should eat more food to help disperse wind-heat and clear heat, such as mung beans, radish, cabbage, cabbage root, mint, tea, etc. You can use fresh pear juice and rice in the right amount to cook porridge to eat while hot. In addition, pears can play a “table”, “phlegm” role, it is also appropriate to eat more. It should be stressed that during the cold period, you should try to eat less or no high fat, high protein and spicy stimulating food, do not drink alcoholic beverages, otherwise it will easily lead to aggravation of the disease. The diet should be light and non-greasy to meet the nutritional needs and enhance appetite. Also ensure the supply of water, drink more acidic fruit juices, such as hawthorn juice, kiwi juice, red date juice, to enhance appetite. Gastrointestinal colds Gastrointestinal colds are suitable for bitter food, you can drink more chrysanthemum, Longjing tea, you can also use mung beans with brown sugar as a tea substitute, eat more vegetables and fruits rich in calcium, zinc elements and vitamins, such as radish, pear, kiwi and a variety of mushrooms, all can relieve cold symptoms. In addition, you should drink more boiled water after catching a cold to accelerate the excretion of metabolites and reduce the symptoms of cold.